God has Many Names

Does God have many names

“…The core Christian belief is that through belief in and acceptance of the death and resurrection of Jesus, sinful humans can be reconciled to God and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of eternal life. 1 For Islam, Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable and the purpose of existence is to love and serve God. 2 Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed at many times and places before, including through Abraham, Moses and Jesus, whom they consider prophets.…”

Salvation in Non-Christian Religions: Approaches of Christian Theologians in the Post Modern Era

“…It is only Christianity which explicitly carries full salvation. The whole theme had effectively been explained by Pope Pius IX in 1854: (J. Hick, 1985) This view clearly illustrates that eternal salvation is possible only within the Church. However, believers of other faiths can be saved if they belong to the Church at least in desire and longing as it is not always necessary that this desire be explicit.…”

“…(J. Hick, 1985) Their being Christian is, however implicit and not explicit. For such kind of Christians, Karl Rahner has coined the term Anonymous Christian.…”

“…(J. Hick, 1985) The Christians hated the non-Christians. Their mission carried the responsibility of conversion of non-Christians to Christianity.…”

“…(J. Hick, 1985) All the world religions carry the way of universal salvation. The difference between the Salvation of the Church and outside is that in the former, it is very especial and extra-ordinary.…”