This story reveals that we...
This story reveals that we find faith in unexpected places, including in Naaman, the army commander of the Gentile nation of Aram. This is not so surprising when we keep in mind famed modern theologian Karl Barth's claim that Christ's light shines everywhere. He spoke of "hidden neighbors outside the church" who are to be the object of the church's mission (Church Dogmatics, Vol. I/2, p. 425). Indeed, the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church even taught the possibility that non-Christians might be saved: