# 02 - What is Salvation?

- Atonement from **sin**
- Eternal Life (rather than **death**)
- Perfection of the Likeness of God in Eternal Life (rather than **corruption**)
- False Ideas of Salvation 
    - Universalism - "All will be saved"
    - Limited Atonement - "Only the Elect" (Mormon, Jehovah Witness, etc.)
    - Pluralism
    - Protestantism - one extreme: By Grace through faith
    - EO response to Protestant ideas (e.g. in PSA, Original Sin, Theosis) during the neopatristic movement

See Fr Daniel Abba Moses Fundamentals

- Definition of Salvation
- Synonyms for Salvation
- Principles of Salvation
- God's Role 
    - Specific Salvific Works 
        - Incarnation, Baptism, Sufferings, Crucifixion, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, Giving of the Holy Spirit
    - Divine Withdrawal 
        - How does God work now
- Humanity's Role 
    - Partaking in the Divine Nature 
        - Baptism
        - Confirmation
        - Partaking of the Eucharist
        - Repentance and Confession