soteriology

[suh-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee]

noun

Theology.

1. the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.

soteriology

/ sɒˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ, sɒˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /

noun

1. theol the doctrine of salvation

Other Word Forms

• soteriologic adjective
• sotereologic adjective
• sotereological adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of soteriology¹

1760–70; < Greek sōtērí ( a ) salvation, deliverance ( sōtēr- (stem of sōtḗr ) deliverer + -ia -y ³ ) + -o- + -logy

Word History and Origins

Origin of soteriology¹

C19: from Greek sōtēria deliverance (from sōtēr a saviour) + _-logy

Example Sentences

What does an esoteric concept like Calvinist soteriology have to do with the rise of modern economics?

From New York Times

Instead of discussing soteriology or theodicy or even Jesus, they talk in the blanched terms of bad things and good people, even with one another.

From New York Times

Marxism provided a soteriology — a theory of salvation — that caused people to die and kill in service to a redemptive ideal.

From Washington Post

“My statement is not a statement on soteriology or trinitarian theology, but one of embodied piety.”

From New York Times

But in the sphere of soteriology the legacy of Adoptionism can clearly be seen.

From Project Gutenberg