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Soteriology (/ s oʊ ˌ t ɪr i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; Greek: σωτηρία sōtēria "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtēr "savior, preserver" and λόγος logos "study" or "word" [1]) is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions. [2]
Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet Σωτήρ (Sōtḗr), meaning a saviour, a deliverer.The feminine form is Soteira (Σώτειρα, Sṓteira) or sometimes Soteria (Σωτηρία, Sōtería).
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
Savior or saviour may refer to: A person who helps people achieve salvation, or saves them from something; Religion. Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will ...
The prophesied savior duo of the Mahdi and the Messiah in Islam can be likened to the prophesied pair of the two Jewish savior figures, Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David, respectively, in the sense that the Islamic Messiah and Masiach ben David take a central eschatological role, while the Mahdi and Mashiach ben Yosef take a peripheral ...
In Ahmadiyya theology, these prophecies concerning the Mahdi and the second coming of Jesus are believed to have been fulfilled in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), [11] the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, wherein the terms Messiah and Mahdi are synonyms for one and the same person.
[5] "Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [1] B. J. Oropeza, who has written one of the most exhaustive studies on the phenomenon of apostasy in the New Testament (3 Volumes, 793 pages), [6] "uncovered several factors that result in apostasy."
According to Aeschylus, Soter as the husband of Peitharchia and father of Eupraxia. [4]When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Peitharkhia (Obedience) is the mother of Eupraxia (Success), wife of Soter (Salvation)--as the saying goes.