way which is accommodated to their spiritual and material situation. This grace comes from Christ; it is the result of his Sacrifice and is communicated by the Holy Spirit. It enables each person to attain salvation through his or her free cooperation.19 In these important texts from sections 9–10 of Redemptoris missio, John Paul cites as backing for his teaching texts from Lumen gentium 14–17, and a text from Gaudium et spes 22. There is a similar text to be found in Ad gentes 7. Charles Morerod
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