Spe salvi

*Spe salvi*
Latin for 'Saved in Hope'
Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI
Spe salvi; Latin for 'Saved in Hope'; Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI
Signature date	30 November 2007
Subject	Hope and Salvation
Pages	77
Number	2 of 3 of the pontificate
Text	In Latin; In English;
AAS	99 (12): 985-1027
	← Deus caritas est Caritas in veritate →

Benedict XVI: "The one who has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life."

Spe salvi (English: "Saved in Hope"), referencing the Latin phrase from Romans 8:24, Spe salvi facti sumus ("in hope we were saved"), is the second encyclical letter by Pope Benedict XVI promulgated on November 30, 2007, and is about the theological virtue of hope. Benedict has systematically touched upon the three theological virtues: love in 2005 Deus caritas est ("God is Love"), hope in this encyclical, and faith in 2013 Lumen fidei ("The Light of Faith"), written with Pope Francis.^[1]

The encyclical contains over 18,900 words, divided into fifty paragraphs, and organized into an introduction and eight chapters.

^ Speciale, Alessandro (4 July 2013). "The light of faith: origin, history and horizon of the christianism". La Stampa. Turin. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

[LS-1] Speciale, Alessandro (4 July 2013). "The light of faith: origin, history and horizon of the christianism". La Stampa. Turin. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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