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Document Details : Title: Johannine Soteriology and Aristotelian Philosophy Subtitle: A Hermeneutical Suggestion on Reading John 3,16 and 1 John 4,9 Author(s): FRICK, Peter Journal: Biblica Volume: 88 Issue: 3 Date: 2007 Pages: 415-421 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.88.3.3189008 Abstract : The aim of this short study is to propose a hermeneutical reading of Johannine soteriology based on John 3,16 and 1 John 4,9 in order to clarify in what sense Jesus was ‘the cause’ salvation. I will employ the Aristotelian categorization of the various causes as used by Philo in his explanation of the creation of the cosmos and apply his scheme to the Johannine texts. The result is (1) a specific definition of what constitutes the cause of salvation and (2) the important distinction between the means (understood as the four conjoint Aristotelian causes) and the mode (understood as faith) of salvation. |
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