S "and saved many or few ...? We do not know for sure absolutely nothing about it.
- How do nothing at all? One thing we know, Nah, you see. As reported here (and quite well by the way) seems to be a few inches or a few more in certain circumstances, but never muchisísimos ...
The problem, however there is perhaps a false dilemma in a sense, because if I saved my idle question is: salvation is, first and foremost a personal issue. And this is absolutely true evil that despite the populist sentiment of the various progressive and always "normalized" against population growth of hell, under von Balthasar, or some other infernal stench repeal suspect. Well, hell exists and the Pope has proposed to restore the holy fear of eternal damnation as a constant stimulus to achieve salvation. But without a doubt, the first religious impulse as such is one's salvation, as we remembered in another article previous castellaniana under authority.
Boot, the issue is tricky, because the first question is for the man if he shall be saved and how they should do (and this is the recommendation divine), and only then, become themselves the cause of salvation outside vicarious which may be means, not cause, because that's not up to you, in the proper sense, but on the other.
- Ah, rogue, did not answer me!
And no, I certainly can not be answered, unless: "I do not know, I know, I know ...", which is not an answer but a reality check.
Still, not all: The Fathers are bluntly skeptical about the number who arrive at the Gloria, thinking it will be the least of mankind. And they try to assert themselves in sacred texts of writers of unquestionable authority and heaviness.
But it certainly should be against this, (and also against false optimism modern) gets the very glory of God, which reasonably can not tolerate the devil and thus snatch the bulk of humanity redeemed at a price of blood for His Son, a victory that asegurósele pampering irretrievably lost at the foot of the Cross. Impossible, absolutely impossible. In any case, it is acceptable training has been little to inform the human race through Revelation, the exact number of the elect, or percentage-point quantitative tilingo taste very modern, but far from the aristocratic character of the ancient spirit "to avoid the harmful effects of optimistic euphoria which, leaving the man of the board that sends continuous surveillance, exposed his soul to eternal damnation.
Secondly, it would be an affront to the Divine Mercy thinking as to allow the devil to carry captive for all eternity to a lot of things that God created for himself, for Charity and the beatific vision perfect. Santo Tomas said without a blush that Mercy is the pearl in the crown loftiest divine.
If God had revealed that very few would be saved, hardly anyone would make the effort to save itself and the redemption would be pure hoax, a story forever sad passing in the course of humanity, that have been created for hell and not heaven , in that God may have created something for an end to that never come. Unthinkable, illogical and contrary to what St. Paul says in Thessalonians 5: For God has destined us to wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, he died for us so that, awake or asleep, we live with him, and again in 1 Tim 2, 3-4. So the Salvation must be possible and also quite easily accessible to most of mankind, under certain conditions . As explained in the article that we have been glossing, and includes a holy and faithful preaching of the Gospel by the Church, a frequent reception of the sacraments and a Christian life, although not without falls, is fed especially a Christian hope (Rom. 8, 24) in the Mercy of God.
Santo Domingo Savio, in his last hours on earth, Don Bosco questioned about certainty of personal salvation, getting an answer from the Holy that meet these things can be reasonably assured of eternal salvation.
On the other hand, if it were Christian preaching that salvation is accoutrement for a select few, such as Jehovah's Witnesses say, pessimism completely erase the theological virtue of Hope, as such, meaningless and all efforts to get to heaven would be abandoned immediately, useless. God can do anything, less contradictory, so that it can not be the sense of the divine message.
"But you say, man what the narrow gate that is not green, eh? Go
yes it is, but the fact is that the door is not the final destination but the entrance is narrow and if you mean we should bear their hardships with good heart to get to Heaven Podder, and can not mean, or by implication, that what is behind is small and narrow as the door ... With this approach, the locks of the palaces would be huge ...
For more information, when the apokalypsis mentioned the number of elected chaste, that climb the 144,000, adds a crowd countless incontinently:
After this appeared in the vision an innumerable crowd of every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white and palms in hand
White and palms in their hands say unequivocally salvation. And they are countless, innumerable. So many and not a pusillus grex .
Finally, many serious commentators claim that the phrases of the Lord like this: Fear not, little flock, which has pleased your Father in heaven give you the kingdom or that another that ye do with any of these, you do with me ... , are referred to the priest par excellence, the chosen virgins, while only analog extension can be applied to all the faithful believers. But that does not relate to the salvation of mankind in general but a particular group has been called singularly.
Can we doubt that will go to Heaven after our holy priests?
"So you will save only the priests who are virgins? Nooooo more wanted them! No, that's what is revealed, but it is what they believed some Albigenses or the above Jehovah's Witnesses, or sectarian self-righteous spirit. But if so, Abraham would not have been saved, as the Church believes serious grounds, or San Pedro, or any parent, such as San Joaquin and Santa Ana and some others that it says the Church certainly supernatural, are already in Heaven.
There is, therefore, to pray for holy priests, believing they are the channel of salvation for the crowds that God has planned from all Eternity. There is one last argument, from the tradition of the early centuries, in favor of the large number who would be saved and it is this: God created men to compensate the number of fallen angels, which would have been too many, and therefore, the number of those saved would correlate to the fallen angels, so that the human cycle is close to filling that number. And therefore, the number of mankind would be equal to men needed to offset the fallen angels, unless the convicted ...
apokalypsis know nothing of God and witness the truth of this latter view, but it exists and can read ancient commentators of the Sacred Books.
Another problem (and we concluded) is the time in which we live, so this no holds out no hope about the tragic fate of most of humanity ... current. Mankind, in fact, is composed of individuals of all ages and not only for the present time, however, as the judges of the unknown man as he is known, judged as the eternal present. And usually screws things up. The attempt to assess whether many or few will be saved is marked by the overwhelming stench of modern apostasy and therefore, our view is partial, and also incomplete, false, almost of necessity. There were better times, even in pagan times. Are there better? No we know-what unlikely. Anyway, the answer to a question should not be reserved so stormy a time like this, atypical in every way and inhumane in any way. Or perhaps, should be encouraged at the present time, suffering from a serene and resigned pessimism, more than any other, just to counteract the poison. And the loss of religious meaning (properly, the personal salvation) is not a minor detail.
Well, then, how many are saved?
which are saved seriously want to save. God willing, and the Blessed Virgin.
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