soteriology

American  

[suh-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee] / səˌtɪər iˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

Theology.

1. the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.

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soteriology British  

/ sɒˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ, sɒˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /

noun

1. theol the doctrine of salvation

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Other Word Forms

• sotereologic adjective
• sotereological adjective
• soteriologic adjective

Etymology

Origin of soteriology

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2021

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 • Aug. 13, 2019

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

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2016

Nevertheless, it received a distinctive trend from the problems of soteriology.

From The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems by Wenner, George

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

From Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Lake, Kirsopp