Damnation

Soteriology is the area of theology concerning the process of salvation. Salvation, also called deliverance or redemption, is the saving of the soul from sin and its punishment, which is eternal damnation to Hell. Hell is the opposite of Heaven, and it is the place where a person is completely separated from God. Differing views on salvation are high on the list of primary beliefs dividing the various denominations, both among Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism and within…

blackened, and I will never know the gracious and loving ways of heaven. Our life in the new land, could be wonderful together. If you had come with me, we could have a family and well-paying jobs. We could be happy, and healthy, and free from all damnation and sin. We could be exactly like my fantasy. You and I could live happily…

To answer your last two questions, Paul is trying to say that both Jews and Gentiles no longer have to be born into Judaism or follow the laws of Abraham to achieve salvation from God because Jesus Christ payed for all of the sins of humanity when he was crucified. Therefore, one only has to practice internal things like believe and have faith in Jesus Christ to be saved, whereas before one would have to practice external things like the law and be circumcised.There is no longer a need for the…

John Locke was a political philosopher and social psychologist, often called the “Father of Liberalism”. He believed the right to government depended upon the people. He also claimed the natural right of man were the right to life, liberty, and property. Locke believed in religious freedom as well. He believed in an idea called “state of nature”. “State of nature” means all men are allowed to “order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds…

Purple Hibiscus a novel where Patriarchy runs deep within the Achike family with the Father Eugene as the panopticon patriarch. Eugene has a lot of power over the village of Enugu, as he is a well-respected Big Man. Eugene uses his control to abuse his family and he comforts himself with the thought that it will guide his family to heaven. Eugene uses neo-colonialism within his family, we see it mainly through Kambili as she is the protagonist of the novel. She is so devoted to her father with…

I am a Cage, in Search of a Bird Franz Kafka, an Austrian-Hungarian Gothic writer, alleged that “I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.” Nathaniel Hawthorne conveys this in his novel The Scarlet Letter, where Hester Prynne, a newcomer to the Puritan colony of Boston, commits the crime of adultery with the town priest Arthur Dimmesdale. As punishment, she must…

Unlimited Submission” is revered as one of the most influential texts of the American revolution even though it never directly mentions the colonies revolting against King George III. Mayhew camouflages his message by discussing a broader idea; if Christians should suffer under an unjust and sinful ruler. This discussion could be applied to almost any ruler but by discussing the resistance of King Charles I he links it to British rulers; which would cause people to draw parallels between King…

Beowulf still expects to be welcomed and when he is “free to move forward to meet Hrothgar”, he states that he is kinsman to the kings and that they soon shall be rescued from damnation by Grendel (395-396). Of course King Hrothgar and Beowulf have known each other since childhood, but Beowulf gives the people hope, or at least relief in that they do not have to deal with Grendel anymore now that he has presented himself to Heorot…

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathon Edwards incorporates personification, analogy, and repetition to persuade the listeners to repent for their sins they committed against God. Edwards includes personification in his sermon to better convince the listeners to repent for their actions. Edwards states that the arrow of justice is a "moment from being drunk from [their] blood." Because people enjoy drinking to the point of being drunk , Edwards is suggestion that the…

was a major figure who contributed on developing the system of Christian theory entitled Calvinism, which have a perspective of doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. The seminal work of Protestant systematic theology he published in 1536 is called Institutes of Christian Religion, which is highly influential among Western world and still widely referenced by theological students and pastors today. The…