soteriology
- noun
- /ˌsoʊtəˈriːələdʒi/
- Specialized
- The study of soteriology helps us understand how different Christian traditions view salvation.
- soteriology and theology
- Anselm's soteriology
- Julian's soteriology
Examples
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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."
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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.
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In a word, Macquarrie's soteriology begins to look like straightforward exemplarism.
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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."
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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
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.