CCC 856: The missionary task implies a respectful dialogue with those who do not yet accept the Gospel. Believers can profit from this dialogue by learning to appreciate better "those elements of truth and grace which are found among peoples, and which are, as it were, a secret presence of God." They proclaim the Good News to those who do not know it, in order to consolidate, complete, and raise up the truth and the goodness that God has distributed among men and nations, and to purify them from error and evil "for the glory of God, the confusion of the demon, and the happiness of man."
- Biblical Contradiction: God does or does not accept human sacrifice:
- Catechism: Prayer – Why do we complain of not being heard?
- Can someone who has never heard the Gospel be saved?
- Biblical Contradiction: God is or is not found by those who seek him:
- Catechism: Man’s dialogue with God
- Catechism: Effects of ecumenical dialogue
- Catechism: Dialogue between God and men
- Catechism: Dialogue with other religions, with philosophy and science
- Catechism: Dialogue among men as a human necessity
- Catechism: Dialogue between the churches to achieve the unity of Christians
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