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soteriological

soteriological

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About religious ideas of how people are saved
  • adjective
  • /ˌsoʊtəˈriːəˌlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Formal
: soteriológico
  • I imagine such a world would be strictly stratified according to soteriological status.
  • soteriological standing
  • soteriological implications
  • soteriological premises

Examples

  • At some point, a Christian must ask the soteriological question: Can Buddhism save?

    Academic text (1999)
  • The paradigm of the economic and immanent Trinity inhibits the realization of the practical and soteriological implications of the doctrine of the Trinity.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Similarly, Jesus' soteriological role is a function of that same compassion.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The passage as a whole, however, functions within a different soteriological framework.

    Academic text (1999)
  • More importantly, he repeatedly drew out the soteriological implications.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Goodwin spent many years conducting, as it were, a soteriological audit.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Classical theology tends to explain this point in soteriological terms, from the perspective of "he descended from heaven for our salvation."

    Academic text (2006)
  • The soteriological consequences of Nagarjuna's doctrine of emptiness represent a departure from early Buddhism.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Malcolm X's Autobiography is saturated with soteriological language (one of his chapters is entitled "Saved," another is called "Saviour").

    Academic text (1998)
  • In his lectures, the professor emphasized many soteriological themes central to Christian doctrine.

Surface Forms

soteriological positive

Morphology

soteriological = soteriology (transparent) = soterio + ical

The noun 'soteriology' is analyzable as 'soterio-' + '-logy' but the combining form 'soterio-' is obscure to most learners, while '-logy' is more recognizable.

Etymology

Soteriological comes from the Greek root soteria, meaning 'salvation', and the ending -logy, like in theology, meaning 'study of'. So soteriological means 'about ideas of saving or being saved'.