Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Salvation, Saviour SALVATION, SAVIOUR.Salvation is the generic term employed in Scripture to express the idea of any gracious deliverance of God, but specially of the spiritual redemption from sin and its consequences predicted by the OT prophets, and realized in the mission and work of the Saviour Jesus Christ. 1. In the OT.The root meaning … Continue reading “Salvation, Saviour”

Salvation Save Saviour 1. Words referring to salvation in the NT outside the Gospels (for Gospels see Dict. of Christ and the Gospels ii. 552-557, 571-573).- (to save) is generally used for spiritual deliverance. The exceptions in the Acts are Act 4:9; Act 14:9, where it is used for healing from bodily infirmity, and Act … Continue reading “Salvation Save Saviour”

Salvation, Infant SEE INFANT SALVATION. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

SALVATION-CONDEMNATION (A) SALVATION(1) Of God Psa 27:1; Psa 37:39; Psa 62:2; Isa 12:2; Isa 25:9; Jer 3:23; Zep 3:17 1Ti 4:10 –SEE Redeemer, REDEEMER (2) Only Through Christ Luk 1:69,Luk 1:30 The only door Joh 10:9 The only Saviour Act 4:12 His grace sufficient Act 15:11 His blood avails Rom 5:9; 1Th 5:9 For the … Continue reading “SALVATION-CONDEMNATION”

Salvation Army, The This new religious organization is, in some of its agencies and operations, suggestive of the reformation under Luther, and of the religious awakening under the Wesleys. Each of these great movements was so startling in its character that it commanded wide-spread attention, and excited opposition and envy on every hand. Their enemies … Continue reading “Salvation Army, The”

Salvation Army of America Formerly known as the American Salvation Army. A group of workers under Thomas E. Moore, who withdrew from the Salvation Army in 1882, incorporated as a separate body in 1884, and the following year adopted a charter under the name of Salvation Army of America. In 1913 the name was changed … Continue reading “Salvation Army of America”

Salvation Army Religious organization which originated in England under William Booth, minister of the “New Connexion Methodists,” and was introduced into the United States in 1881. Members are Arminian rather than Calvinistic in doctrine, and in order to be admitted to membership one must sign a pledge of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors and all … Continue reading “Salvation Army”

SALVATION Means, strictly, deliverance; and so it is used of temporal deliverance, victory, in Gen 14:13 1Sa 14:45 . But as the spiritual deliverance from sin and death, through the Redeemer, Mat 1:21, is a far greater salvation, so this word has come to be used mostly only in this moral and spiritual sense; and … Continue reading “Salvation”

Salvatierra, Juan Maria Born at Milan, 15 November, 1648; died at Guadalajara, 17 July, 1717. His family was of Spanish origin, the name being written originally Salva-Tierra. While pursuing his studies at the Jesuit college of Parma, he accidentally came across a book upon the Indian missions. It so impressed him that he at once … Continue reading “Salvatierra, Juan Maria”

Salvador, Joseph a Jewish physician, was born at Montpelier, France, in 1796, and died at Versailles, March 17, 1873. He is the author of Loi de Moyse, ou Systeme Relig. et Polit. des Hebreux (Paris, 1822); republished under the title Histoire des Institutions de Moise et du Peuple Hebreu (Paris, 1828, 3 vols.); German transl. … Continue reading “Salvador, Joseph”