The order of salvation was developed in Protestant theology of the 17th century and noted the sequence of stages of human perfection. The basis for an expanded understanding of order is the interpretation of a passage from the Acts of the Apostles ( Rom. 8:29 )
Content
Lutheran version
- Vocation ( Vocatio ): “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world” ( Eph. 1: 4 )
- Enlightenment ( Illuminatio ): ( 2 Cor. 4: 6 )
- Conversion ( Conversatio ): ( Matthew 18: 3 ; Acts 11:21 )
- Renaissance ( Regeneratio ): "bath of rebirth" ( lat. Lavacrum regenerationis - Tit. 3: 5 ); “everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God” ( 1 John 5: 1 )
- Justification ( Justificatio ): ( Rom. 5: 1 ; Rom. 5: 9 ; Rom. 8:30 ; Gal. 2:16 )
- Renovatio : "renewal by the Holy Spirit" ( lat. Renovationis Spiritus Sancti - Tit. 3: 5 )
- Glorification ( Glorificatio ): “whom he justified, he also glorified them” ( lat. Quos autem iustificavit illos et glorificavit - Rom. 8:30 )
Calvinist version
calling, rebirth, faith and repentance (conversion), justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, glorification [1]
or
birth from above; effective call; conversion, which consists of two parts: repentance and faith; justification; consecration [2] [3]
Criticism
There was a version ( J. Edwards ) that the order of salvation is artificial, and its steps (calling, rebirth and conversion) are synonyms [4]
Notes
- ↑ John Murray, “Atonement Achieved and Applied to the Sinner”
- ↑ Salvation: God's merit or human need?
- ↑ Robert E. Pikirilli. CALVINISM, ARMINIANISM AND THE THEOLOGY OF RESCUE. Ch. 8, II
- ↑ John Gerstner. REVIVAL BY JONATHAN EDWARDS (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment November 19, 2014. Archived November 26, 2014.