Humankind in Christ and Christ in Humankind

Salvation as Participation in Our Substitute in the Theology of John Calvin

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ID23162297
AuthorsTrevor Hart (0000-0001-5107-7452, The King's College, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume42
Issue1
Pages67-84
Publication date1989-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScottish Journal of Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0336-9306 • E-ISSN: 1475-3065
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0036930600040539
OpenAlexW2112007178
LanguageEN
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The act of God in bringing salvation to the human race and summoning individuals into a community to serve him is due solely to the mercy and grace of God, mediated and manifested through Jesus Christ in his ministry, atoning death and rising again. 1 This statement of belief, taken from the recently published ARCIC II document Salvation and the Church , is one to which Christians of most denominations could probably subscribe. Yet the very existence of the document is testimony to the fact that within the Christian Church there have been widely differing interpretations of the precise nature of salvation and its implications for humankind. At the time of the Reformation disagreement as to the theological import of terms such as ‘grace’, ‘justification’ and ‘sanctification’ was a major cause of division between Rome and the Protestant churches. Were they primarily to be given an objective or subjective, an extrinsic or intrinsic reference in relation to the believer? ARCIC II demonstrates that these are still live issues at the interface of ecumenical dialogue today, and must be resolved if real moves are to be made in the direction of Christian unity.

Body of Christ · Christian ministry · Epistemology · Eucharist · Faith · Jesus christ · Protestantism · Relation (database) · Sanctification · Statement (logic) · Theology · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies

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