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Heavenly Stories Tiered Salvation in the New Testament and Ancient Christianity

Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. Heavenly Stories examines how some important thinkers in the ancient world, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, believed that salvation comes in degrees.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kocar, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Press 2021, ©2021
Series:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Subjects:
Bible. New Testament > criticism, Interpretation, Etc.
Salvation > christianity > biblical Teaching
Salvation > christianity > history Of Doctrines > early Church, Ca. 30-600
Christian Literature, Early > history And Criticism
Gnostic Literature > criticism, Interpretation, Etc.
Valentinians
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. Heavenly Stories examines how some important thinkers in the ancient world, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, believed that salvation comes in degrees.
Physical Description:VI, 263 pages
ISBN:978-0-8122-9974-8

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