redemptive

  • 11Redemptive suffering — is the Roman Catholic belief that human suffering, when accepted and offered up in union with the Passion of Jesus, can remit the just punishment for one s sins or for the sins of another. Like an indulgence, redemptive suffering does not gain… …

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  • 12Redemptive-Historical Preaching — History = A method of preaching that was forged in the fires of debate in the Reformed churches of the Netherlands in the early 1940s. The debate concerned itself with the question, “how are we to preach the historical narratives of the Bible”?On …

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  • 13redemptive — adjective of something that is redeeming; being of redemption or saving …

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  • 14redemptive — Synonyms and related words: Christlike, Christly, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, celestial, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, divine, empyrean, expiatory, godlike, godly, heavenly, incarnate, incarnated, indemnificatory, intercessional,… …

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  • 15redemptive — re|demp|tive [ rı demptıv ] adjective making someone free from evil thoughts and actions, especially in the Christian religion …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16redemptive — re demp·tive || rɪ demptɪv adj. settling a debt through payment; regaining through payment; converting an item into its cash value; delivering from sin or evil; fulfilling, carrying out; making amends …

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  • 17redemptive — re·demp·tive …

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  • 18redemptive — UK [rɪˈdemptɪv] / US adjective making someone free from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion …

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  • 19redemptive — re•demp•tive [[t]rɪˈdɛmp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving to redeem 2) of, pertaining to, or centering on redemption or salvation • Etymology: 1640–50 …

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  • 20redemptive — /rəˈdɛmptɪv/ (say ruh demptiv) adjective 1. serving to redeem. 2. denoting or relating to religions of which redemption is a major doctrine …