 salvation, in christianity, is the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences."the saving of the soul; the deliverance from sin and its consequences" oed 2nd ed. 1989. it may also be called "deliverance" or "redemption" from sin and its effects.wilfred graves, jr., in pursuit of wholeness: experiencing god's salvation for the total person (shippensburg, pa: destiny image, 2011), 9, 22, 74-5. variant views on salvation are among the main fault lines dividing the various christian denominations, both between roman catholicism and protestantism and within protestantism, notably in the calvinistâarminian debate, and the fault lines include conflicting definitions of depravity, predestination, atonement, and most pointedly, justification. ==summary== according to christian belief, salvation is made possible by the life, death, and resurrection of jesus, which in the context of salvation is referred to as the "atonement"."christian doctrines of salvation." religion facts. june 20, 2009. http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/beliefs/salvation.htm christian soteriology ranges from exclusive salvationnewman, jay. foundations of religious tolerance. university of toronto press, 1982. isbn 0-8020-5591-5 to universal reconciliationparry, robin a. universal salvation? the current debate. wm. b. eerdmans publishing, 2004. isbn 0-8028-2764-0 concepts. while some of the differences are as widespread as christianity itself, the overwhelming majority agrees that salvation is made possible by the work of jesus christ, the son of god, dying on the cross.  ==paradigms of salvation==  different theories of atonement have been proposed for how christian salvation can be understood. over the centuries, christians have held different id
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