The Victory of the Cross – Salvation in Eastern Orthodoxy

James R. Payton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2019
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-5256-7 (ISBN)

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How can Christians claim that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross is a victory? Eastern Orthodoxy has made its own contributions to the belief in salvation through Christ, but its expressions sometimes sound unfamiliar to Western branches of the church. James Payton explores the Orthodox doctrine of salvation, helping Christians of all traditions listen to Orthodox brothers and sisters.

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How can Christians claim that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross is a victory?
Yet the doctrine of salvation affirms precisely that: in his death and his resurrection, Christ is victorious over the power of sin and death. The articulation of this tenet of faith has taken different shapes throughout the church's life and history. Eastern Orthodoxy has made its own contributions to the belief in salvation through Christ, but its expressions sometimes sound unfamiliar to Western branches of the church.
Here James Payton, a Western Christian with a sympathetic ear for Eastern Orthodoxy, explores the Orthodox doctrine of salvation. Payton helps Christians of all traditions listen to Orthodox brothers and sisters so that together we might rejoice, "Where, O death, is your victory?"

James R. Payton Jr. (PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada) is emeritus professor of history at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Light from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition and Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings, as well as the editor of A Patristic Treasury: Early Church Wisdom for Today.

Preface

Preliminary Note on Orthodox Terminology and Liturgies

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Setting the Stage: Viewing the Cross

3. The Need for Salvation

4. The Focus on the Savior

5. The Economy of Salvation: How God Saved Humanity

6. Deification: The Goal of Salvation

7. Becoming like God: The Path of Salvation

8. The Sign of the Cross

Appendix: On Orthodox Usage of Biblical Terms for the Reception of Salvation

For Further Reading

Name Index

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2019
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8308-5256-5 / 0830852565
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-5256-7 / 9780830852567
Zustand	Neuware