Dommedag, håb og det personlige ansvar

“From the earliest times, the prospect of the Judgement has influenced Christians in their daily living as a criterion by which to order their present life, as a summons to their conscience, and at the same time as hope in God’s justice. Faith in Christ has never looked merely backwards or merely upwards, but also forwards to the hour of justice that the Lord repeatedly proclaimed…

… there is a God, and God can create justie in a way that we cannot conceive, yet we can begin to grasp it through faith. Yes there is resurrection of the dead. There is justice. There is an ‘undoing’ of past suffering, a reparation that sets things aright. For this reason, faith in the Last Judgement is first and foremost hope… Is it not also a frightening image? I would say: it is an image that evokes responsibility…” Pave Benedikt den 16., Spe Salvi, 41+43+44.