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The "Universal Call to Holiness" is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that all human beings are called to be holy. Not only does this term cover the need for all to enter the Church (like the term "Extra Eclasium Nunca Salus", meaning that there is no salvation outside the Church), but also states that all within the church should live holy lives. This term is used by theologians primarily to stress that a Catholic cannot think that a different standard applies to those who are "saints", or those in the religious life. It ties in with the theological concept of "perfection", and with the saying of Jesus "Be ye perfect as your heavenly father is perfect".
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