Philosophy exam - Unit 1

Atonement and Salvation (Part C)

Atonement= the idea of being 'at one', or reconciled with God

Salvation= being saved from sin, essential to have eternal life with God in heaven

-Jesus' obedience to God and his suffering were so powerful that they offered redemption (freedom from the consequences of sin)

-Moral Change Theory (everything Jesus did set an example in order to guide humans towards positive moral change, which would restore their relationship with God)- Liberal Protestants

-Ransom Theory (Jesus' death 'paid the price' to release humans from being enslaved to the devil bcause of there sin)- Roman Catholic

-no scriptual basis for the ransom theory and some believe it gives too much importance to the devil

-Penal Substitution Theory (Jesus' death paid the penalty for human sin, demanded by God's justice)- Evangelical Protestants

-being baptised, repenting for sins, accepting Jesus, going to Church and doing good help achieve salvation

-justification by faith, salvation is available through the grace of God for everyone who believes in God and accepts Jesus as their saviour

-Protestants believe that faith in Jesus is enough for a person to be saved

-Roman Catholics believe salvation is achieved through faith and participating in the sacraments 

-Orthodox Christians believe salvation is a gradual process by living a Christian life

-confirms the belief in an ominpotent and omnibenevolent God

-members of the Trinity are important to salvation

-atonement has made it feasiblefor all humans to be reconciled with each other, and as part of stewardship they should maintain this reconciliation

SOAs

'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son... to save the world through him' [John 3]

'Repent and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, and times of refreshing may come from the Lord.' [Acts 3]

'Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.' [Acts 8-12]

'His purpose was to reconcile both of them to God through the cross.' [Ephesians 2]

Incarnation (Part A)

-God taking human form as Jesus Christ

-union of Jesus' humanity (born as a baby, human body, got tired, had emtotions, died) and divinity (omnipotent and omniscient, forgave sins, performed miracles, obeyed by nature, resurrected) in the one person is called the Hypostatic Union

-Doctrine of the incarnation means that God can understand what it means to be Jesus

-enables Christians to have a personal relationship with God

-Jesus is a source of revelation, his life and teachings reveal what is expected of people by…