Heavenly stories tiered salvation in the New Testament and ancient Christianity
Heavenly stories: tiered salvation in the New Testament and ancient Christianity

Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. In the ancient world some figures, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, did not think this way, however. For them, there were multiple levels of salvation. Ex...

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1. Verfasser: Kocar, Alexander 1984- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Divinations: rereading late ancient religion
Schlagworte:
Bibel > Neues Testament
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism
Gnostic literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc
Salvation > Christianity > Biblical teaching
Salvation > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
Valentinians
Stufenweg
Heilsweg
Frühchristentum
Biblische Theologie
Hochschulschrift
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Zusammenfassung:Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. In the ancient world some figures, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, did not think this way, however. For them, there were multiple levels of salvation. Examining the reasons and implications for why these important thinkers believed that salvation comes in degrees, Heavenly Stories offers a fresh perspective on ancient thinking about responsibility, especially as it intersects with concerns such as genealogy and determinism. It shows why Jews and Christians of various kinds-some eventually declared orthodox, others heretical-correlated ethics and soteriology and argued over how this should be done.By constructing a difference between a lower and higher level of salvation, ancient authors devised soteriological hierarchies that could account for ethical imperfections and social differentiation between their communities and outsiders, as well as reinforce idealized portrayals of conduct among members of their own groups. Alexander Kocar asks how these thinkers identified and described these ethical and social differences among people; what commitments motivated them to make such distinctions; what were the social effects of different salvific categories and ethical standards; and what impact did hierarchically structured soteriologies have on notions of ethical responsibility? His findings have repercussions for the study of ancient ethics (especially free will and responsibility), our understanding of orthodoxy and heresy, and scholarly debates surrounding the origins of Christianity as a movement that allegedly transcends ethnic boundaries
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 263 Seiten)
ISBN:9780812299748
9780812299724

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