Early Christianity about the notions of time and the redemption of the soul
Early Christians and the authors representing them fathomed that the human soul, despite being created, transcends historical time; from a limited existence (peculiar to it as a created entity) it is apt to progress to the time of God, and thus to be redeemed. The argument of this paper is that they...
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| description | Early Christians and the authors representing them fathomed that the human soul, despite being created, transcends historical time; from a limited existence (peculiar to it as a created entity) it is apt to progress to the time of God, and thus to be redeemed. The argument of this paper is that they held such a conviction because of a genuine belief in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit within, and not because of a need to console themselves for disappointments in connection with eschatological promises, as some researchers suggested. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5ec7990f-9be5-4ab8-ab49-eea5f85df6782022-11-28T16:00:59ZEarly Christianity about the notions of time and the redemption of the soulJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5ec7990f-9be5-4ab8-ab49-eea5f85df678EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordPeeters Publishers2017Ene Draghici-Vasilescu, EEarly Christians and the authors representing them fathomed that the human soul, despite being created, transcends historical time; from a limited existence (peculiar to it as a created entity) it is apt to progress to the time of God, and thus to be redeemed. The argument of this paper is that they held such a conviction because of a genuine belief in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit within, and not because of a need to console themselves for disappointments in connection with eschatological promises, as some researchers suggested. |
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