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Soteriology. Soteriology ( / soʊˌtɪriˈɒlədʒi /; Greek: σωτηρία sōtēria "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtēr "savior, preserver" and λόγος logos "study" or "word" [ 1]) is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions. [ 2] In the academic field of ...
Soteria (mythology) In Greek mythology, Soteria ( Greek: Σωτηρία) was the goddess or spirit ( daimon) of safety and salvation, deliverance, and preservation from harm (not to be mistaken for Eleos ). Soteria was also an epithet of the goddesses Persephone and Hecate, meaning deliverance and safety. [ 1]
Apokatastasis. In theology, apokatastasis ( Greek: ἀποκατάστασις, / æpoʊkəˈtæstəsɪs /, also spelled apocatastasis) is the restoration of creation to a condition of perfection. [ 1][ 2] In Christianity, the term refers to a form of Christian universalism, often associated with Origen, that includes the ultimate salvation of ...
Salvation (from Latin: salvatio, from salva, 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. [ 1] In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences. [ 2][ 3] The academic study of salvation is called soteriology .
Theosis ( Ancient Greek: θέωσις ), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church ...
In Christian theology, redemption ( Greek: Ἀπολύτρωσις, romanized : apolutrosis) refers to the deliverance of Christians from sin and its consequences. [ 1] Christians believe that all people are born into a state of sin and separation from God, and that redemption is a necessary part of salvation in order to obtain eternal life. [ 2]
In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences [ a] —which include death and separation from God —by Christ's death and resurrection, [ 1] and the justification entailed by this salvation. The idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was recorded in ...
a title of Jesus of Nazareth, which came into use some time after the death of Paul the Apostle, [1] most particularly in the fish acronym. the term "God our Saviour" ( Greek: θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, dative) occurs several times in the New Testament, in the Epistle of Jude, [2] 1 Timothy and Titus. Pope Soter, r. ca. 167 – 174.