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