Redemption (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Joseph Sollier · 1913
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Redemption means man freed from sin's bondage into the liberty of God's children, through Christ's satisfactions and merits. This long encyclopedia entry notes that redemptio renders the Hebrew kopher and Greek lytron, which in the Old Testament generally mean a ransom-price. In the New Testament it becomes the term for the price, in First Corinthians, which the Redeemer paid for our liberation.
Redemption presupposes man's elevation to a supernatural state and his fall from it through sin. Sin draws God's wrath and enslaves man to evil and Satan. On God's side, redemption means accepting satisfactory amends, so that honour is repaired and wrath appeased. On man's side it means deliverance from sin's slavery and restoration to sonship. Saint Paul says where sin abounded, grace abounded more, with Chrysostom's drop against the ocean and Cyril's one for all closing the doctrinal picture.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joseph Sollier |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |