Rescue for the Dead

The Posthumous Salvation of Non-Christians in Early Christianity

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Christianity, Church
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Author: Jeffrey A. Trumbower ISBN: 9780190286385
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: September 27, 2001
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Jeffrey A. Trumbower
ISBN: 9780190286385
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: September 27, 2001
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Christianity is a religion of salvation in which believers have always anticipated post-mortem bliss for the faithful and non-salvation for others. Here, Trumbower examines how and why death came to be perceived as such a firm boundary of salvation. Analyzing exceptions to this principle from ancient Christianity, he finds that the principle itself was slow to develop and not universally accepted in the Christian movement's first four hundred years. In fact, only in the West was this principle definitively articulated, due in large part to the work and influence of Augustine.

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Christianity is a religion of salvation in which believers have always anticipated post-mortem bliss for the faithful and non-salvation for others. Here, Trumbower examines how and why death came to be perceived as such a firm boundary of salvation. Analyzing exceptions to this principle from ancient Christianity, he finds that the principle itself was slow to develop and not universally accepted in the Christian movement's first four hundred years. In fact, only in the West was this principle definitively articulated, due in large part to the work and influence of Augustine.

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