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The question of whether and how people who have not had the chance to hear the gospel can be saved goes back to the beginnings of Christian reflection.
The author focuses primarily on the history of debate and the development of responses to this question within the Roman Catholic Church. In particular, he analyzes the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, the document from Vatican II that directly relates to this question.
Martin argues that according to this text, the conditions under which people who have not heard the gospel can be saved are very often, in fact, not fulfilled, with strong implications for evangelisation.