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Early Christianity about the notions of time and the redemption of the soul in the works of Patristic authors who lived before the eight century

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Early Christians 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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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
ContEd
Department:
Continuing Education
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Peeters Publisher's website
Host title:
Studia Patristica. Vol. LXXXII: Papers Presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies Held in Oxford 2015
Series:
Studia Patristica
Journal:
Studia Patristica Journal website
Volume:
82
Pages:
167-182
Publication date:
2017-01-01
Acceptance date:
2015-08-12
ISBN:
9789042935785
Pubs id:
pubs:605596
UUID:
uuid:8bdf0106-6232-467e-99fd-8af308474bd1
Local pid:
pubs:605596
Source identifiers:
605596
Deposit date:
2016-02-20

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