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Redeemer (other)
Redeemer may refer to: Religion *Redeemer (Christianity), referring to Jesus Christ *Mahdi, described in Islam as "the Redeemer (of mankind)" *Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City) Other organisations *Redeemer Lutheran College, school in Queensland, Australia *Redeemer Baptist School, school in New South Wales, Australia *Redeemers, Southern U.S. political coalition that overthrew Reconstruction in the 1870s Fiction Comics *''The Redeemer'', a ''Warhammer 40k'' comic published by Games Workshop * Redeemer (Image Comics), a character from the ''Spawn'' comics * Redeemers (comics), a Marvel Comics team connected to the Thunderbolts * Redeemer, a Wildstorm character and member of the Paladins who appeared in ''Number of the Beast (comics), Number of the Beast'' * America Redeemers (also known as the Redeemers), a Marvel Comics team from Earth-712 who opposed the Squadron Supreme * Darkhold Redeemers, a Marvel Comics team concerned with the supernatural book the Darkh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redeemer (Christianity)
In Christian theology, Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is sometimes referred to by the title Redeemer. This refers to the Christian soteriology, salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of Redemption (theology)#In Christianity, redemption, or "buying back". In the New Testament, ''redemption'' is used to refer both to deliverance from sin and to freedom from captivity. Although the gospels do not use the title "Redeemer", redemption is used in several of Pauline epistles, Paul's letters. Leon Morris says that "Paul uses the concept of redemption primarily to speak of the saving significance of the death of Christ." Universality The New Testament speaks of Christ as the one Saviour for all people.On Christ's role as universal Saviour, cf. Gerald O'Collins, ''Salvation for All: God's Other Peoples'', OUP (2008). The First Epistle of John says that Jesus is "the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the world" (wikisource:Bible (Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
