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soteriology

soteriology

1 9.9
The study of how people are saved in Christian teaching
  • noun
  • /ˌsoʊtəˈriːələdʒi/
  • Specialized
: soteriología
  • The study of soteriology helps us understand how different Christian traditions view salvation.
  • soteriology and theology
  • Anselm's soteriology
  • Julian's soteriology

Examples

  • Finally, the principle of the unity of theologia and oikonomia ensures that soteriology will not be divorced from theology proper.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Indeed, LaCugna noted that her principle could be restated as follows: "Theology is inseparable from soteriology, and vice versa."

    Academic text (2002)
  • But before we leave this section, let me observe something important about the kind of soteriology that I am attempting.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The weakness in Julian's soteriology is the lack of a formal treatment of human freedom.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In fact, many associate Anselm's soteriology with the idea of God's justice rather than God's love.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In a word, Macquarrie's soteriology begins to look like straightforward exemplarism.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In developing answers, Goodwin formulated a soteriology of unusual generosity.

    Academic text (2018)
  • "Christology," he writes, "and soteriology (that is, the doctrine of the redemptive meaning of Jesus Christ) form a whole."

    Academic text (2002)
  • The Adam/Christ typology that plays such a large role in Anselm's soteriology is present strongly in Julian's as well, but with a difference.

    Academic text (1992)
  • LaCugna's principle, furthermore, is grounded in developments in modern Christology which stress the indispensability of soteriology to Christological formulations.

    Academic text (2002)

Surface Forms

soteriology singular
soteriologies plural

Morphology

soteriology = soterio + logy

Although the word is built from a salvation-related classical combining form plus '-logy', most B1 learners will not be able to infer the meaning from the form alone.

Etymology

Soteriology comes from the Greek root soter meaning 'saviour' and the ending -logy meaning 'study', like the -logy in biology or theology. So, soteriology is the 'study of salvation', the part of Christian thought about how people are saved by God.