Name: Salvation In The Orthodox Understanding
Author: Pope Shenouda III

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Author:Pope Shenouda IIIPublisher:-Publish Year:1980Pages:183Categories:ApologeticsDescription:Beware of the danger of using a single verse from the Holy Bible because it is a specific spirit that runs through the entire book so let us search for the concept of salvation guided by the spirit of the book not its letter. The author H.H. Pope Shenouda III presents in his book Salvation In The Orthodox Understanding a profound theological study explaining the conditions for meriting the blood of Christ. The book addresses in the introduction the danger of using a single verse then moves to chapter one no salvation except through the blood of Christ alone and the conditions for meriting the blood which are faith, baptism, the necessary sacraments, and good deeds. Chapter two explains the importance of deeds in the matter of salvation and how evil deeds lead to perdition, judgment according to deeds, deeds as essential fruits of faith, deeds as proof of being born of God, and the importance of conduct and good deeds. Chapter three explains struggle and grace while chapter four discusses confidence and guaranteeing the kingdom, the limits of hope in God's mercies, conditions of confidence as explained by John the Apostle, and confidence and certainty in the letters of Paul the Apostle. Chapter five examines can a believer perish through the eight proofs, the ten objections and replies to them, and when do we reach salvation leading to chapter six answering questions of election, the struggle of the right thief