Rescue for the dead : the posthumous salvation of non-Christians in early Christianity / Jeffrey A. Trumbower.

"Christianity is a religion of salvation in which believers have always anticipated some type of post-mortem bliss. This has usually meant non-salvation for others, in the form of eternal torment, alienation from God, or annihilation at some point after death. A self-understanding as a set-apar...

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Main Author: Trumbower, Jeffrey A., 1960-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Oxford studies in historical theology.
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