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Salvation
Salvation (Lat., salus, ‘sound, safe’). The act or state of being safe in ultimate terms. Although all religions have some sense of a condition which might appropriately be called by this name, the state and the way to it are very differently understood. Thus in Judaism, there is concern to achieve deliverance from sin and for a final messianic victory, but no word or phrase in general use that summarizes the idea of ‘salvation’. Again, in Islam, there is much concern with the day of judgement (yaum al-Din) and with the mercy of God, who is constantly invoked bʾismi-Llāhi rahmāni warahīm, ‘in the name of God, merciful and compassionate’. But the most common word for ‘salvation’, najah, is used only once in the Qurʾān Again, in Buddhism, there is strong emphasis from the Buddha that he is only a physician who can diagnose ills and suggest the path to a cure, but that each person must be his or her own saviour. It is only in Mahāyāna Buddhism that figures akin to saviours (especially bodhisattvas) enter in. In Hinduism, the notion is more clearly expressed through terms derived from muc, ‘release from pains or penalties’, such as mukti (mukta) and mokṣa. Help from a ‘saviour’, especially an avatāra of Viṣṇu, and above all from Kṛṣṇa, is acknowledged. It is in Christianity that great emphasis is laid on salvation, deriving from the centrality of Christ. The Christian doctrine has several aspects: (i) the work of Christ in the atonement (and, broadly, in the incarnation generally); (ii) the justification and sanctification of men and women by God's grace; and (iii) the outcome of death and of history (see JUDGEMENT; ESCHATOLOGY).
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JOHN BOWKER. "Salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Salvation.html JOHN BOWKER. "Salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Salvation.html |
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salvation Initially, God's intention to rescue from danger; later his promise to establish his Kingdom. God's gift to his covenant people of help when they confront an enemy (1 Sam. 7: 8 etc.) or, later, God's resolve to establish his reign (Isa. 52: 10). In the NT Jesus (the name is from the Hebrew word for ‘save’) brings salvation, by means of the reign or kingdom of God (Matt. 1: 21; 21: 31–2; Luke 19: 10; John 4: 42; Phil 3: 20). But faith ‘saved’ the woman with the haemorrhage (Mark 5: 34) in the sense simply of restoring her to health.
The death and resurrection of Jesus are the decisive moments according to the NT in the scheme of salvation. Those who have faith receive salvation; they are reconciled to God in the present (Rom. 13: 11–14) and saved from the perils of future judgement (1 Thess. 1: 9–10). The experience of possession by the spirit is a foretaste of future joy of salvation in the kingdom (Rom. 8: 23; Eph. 1: 14). |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "salvation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "salvation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-salvation.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "salvation." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-salvation.html |
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sal·va·tion / salˈvāshən/ • n. Theol. deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ. ∎ preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss: they try to sell it to us as economic salvation. ∎ (one's salvation) a source or means of being saved in this way: his only salvation was to outfly the enemy. |
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"salvation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "salvation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-salvation.html "salvation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-salvation.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-salvation.html T. F. HOAD. "salvation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-salvation.html |
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