"Saved In Hope": Investigation Into The Meaning Of Salvation

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dc.contributor.authorMissangia, Missawo, Julius
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-07T08:19:32Z
dc.date.available2021-01-07T08:19:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractAre Catholics saved? This is the most vital question, I suppose, to many Catholics or other Christians. It certainly crosses denominational lines. The inspiration to take up this research resulted from a significant incident I encountered during my pastoral experience from June to August 2009 in Tonga Parish in Western Kenya. As a young Passionist religious, interested in having an enriching pastoral ministry. I had an opportunity of meeting various people in the Small Christian Communities. One of the main questions that came up very often in such meetings was: Are Catholics saved? People were looking at me for an answer. The concern of people in these Small Christian Communities is raised by Christians of other denominations who look down to the Catholic in the area. They refer to the Catholic Church as gunda (Luo term), which means a place that was once inhabited, but now is abandoned and un-inhabited. The common phrase used by the members of these religious groups when introducing themselves is, "I am so and so and I am saved-. This is a provocation for some Catholics, who are tempted to do the same. Provoked by this situation, I feel motivated to engage myself in a systematic research on the Catholic concept of salvation. The study is divided in three chapters. Chapter one investigates on the biblical meaning of salvation. Particular attention will be paid to the soteriology of St. Paul, certainly the most mature doctrinal stage in the New Testament. Chapter two in a more historical perspective examines the main post-biblical soteriological ideas employed by the Church; mainly focused on Christ's salvific work as described in St. Paul. We shall present the thought of the Church Fathers, the Middle Ages, and the Reformers in particular Martin Luther. Chapter three in a more systematic manner offers a comprehensive response to the issues discussed in the previous two chapters. This will be elaborated in the light of Second Vatican Council, post-Vatican II theology and the reflections of the twenty first century theologies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/1111
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectSaved In Hopeen_US
dc.subjectSalvationen_US
dc.title"Saved In Hope": Investigation Into The Meaning Of Salvationen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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