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soteriology

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

noun

Theology.
  1. the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.


soteriology British  
/ sɒˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ, sɒˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /

noun

  1. theol the doctrine of salvation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of soteriology

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

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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

It is the task of theology to bring together the various passages of Scripture, and exhibit their systematic connection and relative value for a doctrine of soteriology.

From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander

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

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

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