Rescue for the Dead - The Posthumous Salvation of Non-Christians in Early Christianity

Zusatztext Fascinating and thorough book. Klappentext Christianity is a religion of salvation in which believers have always anticipated post-mortem bliss for the faithful and non-salvation for others. Here! Trumbower examines how and why death came to be perceived as such a firm boundary of salvation. Analyzing exceptions to this principle from ancient Christianity! he finds that the principle itself was slow to develop and not universally accepted in the Christian movement's first four hundred years. In fact! only in the West was this principle definitively articulated! due in large part to the work and influence of Augustine. Zusammenfassung Examines how and why death came to be perceived as such a firm boundary of salvation. Analyzing exceptions to this principle from ancient Christianity, this book states that the principle itself was slow to develop and not universally accepted in the Christian movement's first four hundred years.

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• Autori: Jeffrey A. Trumbower, Jeffrey A. (Associate Professor of Reli Trumbower, Jeffrey A. (Associate Professor of Religious Studies Trumbower
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2001
• EAN: 9780195140996
• ISBN: 978-0-19-514099-6
• Pagine: 222
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology; Oxford Studies in Historical T; Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo