sal|vif|ic

sal|vif|ic
sal|vif|ic «sal VIHF ihk», adjective.
tending to save; providing or causing salvation: »

A number of liberal Catholic thinkers have suggested that unbaptized children may get to heaven after all because of God's “salvific will”—his desire that all mankind be saved (Time).

[< Late Latin salvificus < Latin salvus safe + facere to make]

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