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Regeneration, while sometimes perceived to be a step in the ordo salutis ('order of salvation'), is generally understood in Christian theology to be the objective work of God in a believer's life. Spiritually, it means that God brings a person to new life (that they are " born again ") from a previous state of separation from God and subjection ...
Monergism is the view in Christian theology which holds that the Holy Spirit is the only agent that effects the regeneration of Christians.It is contrasted with synergism; the view that there is a cooperation between the divine and the human in the regeneration process.
Cottrell authored 45 books on Christian theology and doctrine, including 24 books in the last five years of his life. [8] Topics included grace, faith, baptism, Biblical accuracy, Biblical consistency, and the nature of God. [9] [10] He also wrote on leadership and gender roles in Christianity. His books include: Baptism: A Biblical Study
One of the earliest of the Church Fathers to enunciate clearly and unambiguously the doctrine of baptismal regeneration ("the idea that salvation happens at and by water baptism duly administered") was Cyprian (c. 200 – 258): "While he attributed all the saving energy to the grace of God, he considered the 'laver of saving water' the instrument of God that makes a person 'born again ...
Because of the belief that baptism is a necessary part of salvation, some Baptists hold that the Churches of Christ endorse the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. [77] However members of the Churches of Christ reject this, arguing that since faith and repentance are necessary, and that the cleansing of sins is by the blood of Christ through ...
Traditional Roman Catholic theology centres the union with Christ in a substantial sense on the unity of the institutional church, past and present. "The communion of saints is the spiritual solidarity which binds together the faithful on earth, the souls in purgatory, and the saints in heaven in the organic unity of the same mystical body under Christ its head."
Although within Christian theology there is a certain sense in which the phases of salvation are sequential, [2] some elements are understood to occur progressively and others instantaneously. [3] Furthermore, some steps within the "order of salvation" are regarded as objective (or monergistic ), performed solely by God , while others are ...
They are two natures or substances, divine and human, united in one person. In contrast with various Greek philosophical views, the material body (and the soul) is not seen as inherently evil, but inherently good. The Christian doctrine of salvation therefore does not imply a redemption from the body, but a redemption of the body and the soul. [4]