Church Document
Dominus Iesus
Declaration of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2000)
The declaration on the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church, ratified by John Paul II and published on the Feast of the Transfiguration during the Great Jubilee. Against relativistic theories that would treat the revelation in Christ as one among several complementary revelations, it restates the fullness and definitiveness of that revelation, the unicity of Christ's saving mediation, the inseparability of Christ and the Church, and the single Church of Christ subsisting in the Catholic Church. It affirms that God's grace can reach those outside the visible Church while insisting that whatever grace they receive comes from Christ.
Key themes
The unicity of Jesus Christ as saviour
The definitiveness of Christian revelation
The Church of Christ subsisting in the Catholic Church
Religious pluralism and relativism
The necessity of the Church for salvation
Document type
Declaration
Issuing authority
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Issued date
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Content subtype
declaration
