the Catholic Church, since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of Primacy." The document uses the term "ecclesial community" (from the Greek word , meaning "church") rather than "Church" for those Christian bodies not named in the preceding paragraph, most notably including all Protestants. The document states that, although such Christian communities "are not Churches in the proper sense; however, those who are baptized in these communities are, by Baptism, incorporated in Christ and thus are in a certain communion, albeit imperfect, with the Church." It further states that such Christian communities, "though we believe they suffer from defects, have by no means been deprived of significance and importance in the mystery of salvation. For the spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation." Non-Christian religions The document declares that, although the Catholic Church is intended by God to be "the instrument for the salvation of humanity," such beliefs do not "lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world." It does, however, "rule out, in a radical way... a religious relativism which leads to the belief that 'one religion is as good as another'" which characterizes "indifferentism". The document goes on to affirm the possibility that those who subscribe to non-Christian religions may eventually be saved while insisting that the means of such salvation must be by Christ through his Church, and not through the religion to which such a person subscribes: "If it is true that the followers of other religions can receive divine grace, it is also certain that they are in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the Church, have the fullness of the means of salvation." The document then immediately reminds Christians that their more direct enjoyment of the means of salvation comes "not from their own merits, but from the grace of Christ. If they fail to respond in thought, word, and deed to that grace, not only shall they not be saved, but they shall be more severely judged." Thus, the document ultimately views such non-Catholic religions as non-salvific, since "all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church, His body", as the Second Vatican Council stated. John Paul II On 1 October 2000, during one of his angelus, Pope John Paul II stated he had approved "in a special way". He added: "This confession does not