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Christian salvation not only concerns the atonement itself, but also the question of how one partakes of this salvation, by faith, baptism, or obedience; and the question of whether this salvation is individual [2] [3] or universal.
For Aquinas, the Passion of Jesus provided the merit needed to pay for sin: "Consequently Christ by His Passion merited salvation, not only for Himself, but likewise for all His members," [14] and that the atonement consisted in Christ's giving to God more "than was required to compensate for the offense of the whole human race." So, Aquinas ...
Salvation is made possible by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which in the context of salvation is referred to as the "atonement". [15] Christian soteriology ranges from exclusive salvation [16]: p.123 to universal reconciliation [17] concepts.
The recapitulation theory of the atonement is a doctrine in Christian theology related to the meaning and effect of the death of Jesus Christ.. While it is sometimes absent from summaries of atonement theories, [1] more comprehensive overviews of the history of the atonement doctrine typically include a section about the “recapitulation” view of the atonement, which was first clearly ...
God is the author, Christ is the agent and we are the ambassadors of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5)." [2] Although it is only used five times in the Pauline corpus (Romans 5:10-11, 11:15, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Ephesians 2:14-17 and Colossians 1:19-22) it is an essential term, describing the "substance" of the gospel and salvation. [3]
In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences [lower-alpha 1] —which include death and separatio
Concepts of universal atonement can transcend all religions, as in unlimited atonement, the doctrine that the atonement is unlimited in extent, and universal reconciliation, the doctrine that all will eventually come to salvation. Twelve-step programs include an atonement or "making amends" phase (steps 8 and 9).
Those chosen receive salvation through Christ alone. Those not chosen receive the just wrath that is warranted for their sins against God. [11] Limited atonement (also called definite atonement) [12] asserts that Jesus's substitutionary atonement was definite and certain in its purpose