Salvation through Participation An Examination of the Notion of the Believers' Corporate Unity with Christ in Early Christian Soteriology (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology) - Softcover

Powers, DG

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042910496 ISBN 13: 9789042910492

Publisher: Peeters Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

The foundation of many of the earliest Christian's salvific conceptions is the notion of the corporate unity between Christ and the believers. The essential role that the notion of corporate identity plays is evident in various salvific contexts. expressions in which the earliest believers' soteriological interpretation of Jesus' death and resurrection finds expression; namely, Paul's understanding and usage of the "dying for" and "surrender" formulas, his conception of the believers' eschatological resurrection, and his understanding of the Lord's Supper. On the basis of this investigation, it becomes evident that the corporate understanding that Christian believers are united with Christ is one of the essential foundations of the earliest believer's conception of salvation. Paul's essential notion of salvation is that of participationism. Because of their unity with Christ, the believers are conceived by Paul as sharing or participating in Christ's fate, including both his death and his resurrection

About this edition

• Publisher: Peeters Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9042910496
• ISBN 13: 9789042910492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268