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单词 soteriology
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Definition of soteriology in English:

soteriology

noun sɒ(ʊ)ˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒisə(ʊ)ˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒisōˌtirēˈäləjē
mass nounTheology
  • The doctrine of salvation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He posits that while God's offer of salvation and the human response to it are the heart of Christian soteriology, God has actually given an historical assurance of salvation through the ministry of the apostolic church.
    • Much twentieth-century theology was driven by a re-evaluation of soteriology: the question of how the salvation produced or initiated by Christ is to be understood.
    • It's one thing to assert that eschatology is prior to soteriology in logical terms; it's another to assert its priority in terms of importance.
    • Bays does a masterful job of suggesting activities that begin to give glimpses of insight into soteriology without preaching that penal substitution is the only valid way of understanding salvation.
    • The image of the unredeemed sinner kept from falling into hell only by the hand of God was a perfect summary of Calvinist soteriology.

Derivatives

  • soteriological

  • adjective
    Theology
    • Similarly, the Gospels reveal a soteriological consistency in which Jesus is presented not only as an eschatological instrument but as salvation itself.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He contends that they each reflect the basic soteriological, christological, eschatological, and ecclesiological thrusts of the letter.
      • Only when Christ's death was ordered to the Exodus recollection could the eschatological dimension of the soteriological significance of Jesus' death be appreciated.
      • His goal is to align current christological and soteriological doctrine with religious pluralism - a problem never truly envisioned in the Bible.
      • John and Hebrews provide a more philosophical and poetic expression of the nativity, setting the event in its theological and soteriological perspective.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek sōtēria 'salvation' + -logy.

 
 

Definition of soteriology in US English:

soteriology

nounsōˌtirēˈäləjē
Theology
  • The doctrine of salvation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's one thing to assert that eschatology is prior to soteriology in logical terms; it's another to assert its priority in terms of importance.
    • Bays does a masterful job of suggesting activities that begin to give glimpses of insight into soteriology without preaching that penal substitution is the only valid way of understanding salvation.
    • He posits that while God's offer of salvation and the human response to it are the heart of Christian soteriology, God has actually given an historical assurance of salvation through the ministry of the apostolic church.
    • Much twentieth-century theology was driven by a re-evaluation of soteriology: the question of how the salvation produced or initiated by Christ is to be understood.
    • The image of the unredeemed sinner kept from falling into hell only by the hand of God was a perfect summary of Calvinist soteriology.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek sōtēria ‘salvation’ + -logy.

 
 
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