10 sentences with 'salvation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word salvation and other words derived from it.
• « He was a step away from the door and salvation from the fire. But then he caught a glimpse of his brothers flailing on the mats. »
• « Jesus, upon his resurrection, renewed his call to devotion to God and the offer of salvation for those seeking forgiveness, and then passed into the divine presence. »
• « His followers began to refer to Jesus as "the Christ," which means "the anointed one" in Greek, a reference to the idea that Jesus was anointed to provide salvation for mankind. »
• « In the end, thanks in large part to the influence of St. Paul, most Christians came to believe that the salvation offered by Christ was potentially universal, and that not only Jews could become Christians as a result. »
• « The fundamental belief of medieval Christians was that the Church as an institution was the only way to spiritual salvation. It was far less important for a Christian to understand any of the details of Christian theology than it was to participate in Christian worship and, more importantly, to receive the sacraments administered by the clergy. »
• « The way to salvation was therefore not to know anything about the life of Christ, the characteristics of God, or the names of the apostles, but two things above all else: the sacraments and the relevant saints to pray to. »
• « In addition to the promise of salvation, and equally important for many of the knights who flocked to the Crusader banner, was the promise of booty (and, again, Urban II's speech explicitly promised the Crusaders wealth and land). »
• « Marriage itself was considered a sacred duty: it was one of the seven sacraments that the Church considered essential for spiritual salvation. »
• « As early as the 1460s, the printing press introduced disruptive ideas in the form of the next best-seller to follow the Bible itself, a work advocating the pursuit of salvation without reference to the Church entitled The Imitation of Christ. »
• « Moreover, in Catholic doctrine, spiritual salvation was only accessible through the intervention of the Church; without the rituals (sacraments) performed by priests, the soul was doomed to hell. »