In 1545, the Catholic world convened the Council of Trent, which, by the time it concluded its deliberations 19 years later, would codify beliefs in the transubstantiation of the host, the seven sacraments, the role of good works in obtaining salvation and the other tenets by which a reinvigorated Catholic church would fight back against its twin enemies, Protestantism and Islam.
Historically, however, there has been one specific "diversity issue" with which philosophers have been most concerned: the question of the eternal destiny of humankind, that is, the question of who can spend eternity in God's presence — who can obtain salvation.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the only One by which I can obtain salvation and have an ongoing relationship with God.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
The moral of the tale, according to Hemacandra, was that just as the man was restored by the herb, even though no one knew which particular herb did the trick, so in the kaliyuga ("age of vice") the wise should obtain salvation by supporting all religious traditions, even though no-one can say with absolute certainty which tradition it is that provides that salvation.
Article 18 of the 39 – Of obtaining eternal salvation only by the Name of Christ – could not be clearer against the multifaith agenda: "They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect that he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature.
This illustrates that the Torah view of Jewish people in society is "us with them" and not "us against them". This may be why Judaism is not a religion that believes you must convert to her in order to obtain divine salvation.
Both sides alike thought that one sure salvation for their own possessions lay in obtaining also those of the others.
The truth was, however, that they were viewing each other with jealousy and thought that the only salvation for their own possessions lay in the possibility of obtaining also those of the others.
Finally, the Valentinian tradition maintains that the role played by Jesus is primarily instructional: spiritual perfection and salvation are obtained by recognizing his divine nature and by discerning the hidden meanings of passages in the Gospels and other scriptures.
Compare how salvation is obtained in each religion.
