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salvation
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salvation

In religion, deliverance from fundamentally negative conditions, such as suffering, evil, death, or samsara, or the restoration or elevation of the natural world to a higher, better state. Eastern religions tend to stress self-help through individual discipline and practice, sometimes over the course of many lifetimes, though in Mahayana Buddhism bodhisattvas and certain buddhas may act as intervening divine agents. In Christianity, Jesus is the source of salvation and faith in his saving power is stressed. Islam emphasizes submission to God. Judaism posits collective salvation for the people of Israel.


salvation
1. Christianity deliverance by redemption from the power of sin and from the penalties ensuing from it
2. Christian Science the realization that Life, Truth, and Love are supreme and that they can destroy such illusions as sin, death, etc.

Salvation
See also Deliverance.
Sanctimony (See HYPOCRISY.)
Sanctuary (See REFUGE.)
Esther, Queen
intercedes with king for cessation of extermination of Jews. [O.T.: Esther 7:8]
Faerie Queene (Gloriana)
gives a champion to people in trouble. [Br. Lit.: The Faerie Queene]
Jesus Christ
as savior of souls. [Christian Tradition: Jobes, 330]
Moses
led his people out of bondage. [O.T.: Exodus]


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