soteriological
- adjective
- /ˌsoʊtəˈriːəˌlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Formal
- I imagine such a world would be strictly stratified according to soteriological status.
- soteriological standing
- soteriological implications
- soteriological premises
Examples
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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
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'.