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Soteria

A beautiful, loyal woman, who always stays true to her friends. If you ever need help, whatever she is doing, she'll drop everything to be there. Someone you need in your life.
Friend 1: I had a rough night.
Friend 2: Do you need a Soteria?
Friend 1: Yeah, I need one in my life.
by babes7626 November 16, 2011
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Soteria

A girl who is loyal and a good friend to her friends people turn against her for dumb reasons she is hella sweet people just take advantage of her because she always have food&Money and willing to buy her friends whatever she wants. Soteria carry around bills. She is very into fashion loves purses and shoes and colorful things most likely a Soteria favorite color be Blue or Purple. Soteria is loving and sweet anyone would be lucky to date her. Or be her friend for the ones who don't like her nor hang with her... Too sad too bad because they would never find people like Soteria.
I need a Soteria right now!! I need cash!! I need help my life is falling apart without her!!!
by ANONYSM13 June 4, 2018
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sotiria

Salvation is an amazing and affectionate person in strength and passion nobody enters the road of everything will become hers THEY the smartest most beautiful soul and sexy at the same time that creates an angel that is forever next to your THEY Artist nature and is Flirty.
Sotiria save your fucking life
by sotigrigo February 22, 2017
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sotiria

Salvation is an amazing and affectionate person in strength and passion nobody enters the road of everything will become hers THEY the smartest most beautiful soul and sexy at the same time that creates an angel that is forever next to your THEY Artist nature and is Flirty.
Sotiria save your fucking life
by sotigrigo February 22, 2017
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soteriology

The term “soteriology” comes from two Greek terms, namely, so„ter meaning “savior” or “deliverer” and logos meaning “word,” “matter,” or “thing.” In Christian systematic theology it is used to refer to the study of the biblical doctrine of salvation. It often includes such topics as the nature and extent of the atonement as well as the entire process of salvation, conceived as an eternal, divine plan designed to rescue lost and erring sinners and bring them back into eternal fellowship with God. Many regard it as the primary theme in Scripture with the glory of God as its goal.
Throughout the history of the church a number of different views regarding the nature of the atonement (i.e., the theological significance of Christ’s death) have been advanced. The Recapitulation view was advanced by Irenaeus (ca. 120-ca. 200). In this view Christ sums up all humanity in himself in that he went through all the stages of human life, without succumbing to temptation in any way, died, and then rose from the dead. The benefits of his life, death, and resurrection are then available to all who participate in Him through faith.

The Example or Moral Influence (or “subjective”) view has been advanced by theologians such as Pelagius (ca. 400), Faustus and Laelius Socinus (sixteenth century), and Abelard (1079-114233). Though there are certainly different moral example views,34 their essential agreement consists in arguing that the cross demonstrates how much God loves us and this, then, awakens a response of love in our hearts; we then live as Jesus himself lived. While there is biblical support for this idea (e.g., Phil 2: 6-11; 1 Pet 2:21), it is incomplete as it stands and fails to recognize the more crucial aspects of scriptural teaching on the issue.

Another theory of the atonement advanced in the early church—and really maintained as the standard view in the early church until Anselm—is the Ransom to Satan view. Origen (185-254) was one of the chief proponents of this understanding which asserts that Christ’s death was a ransom paid to Satan to secure the release of his hostages, i.e., sinful men and women. While ransom language is used in Scripture to refer to the atonement (e.g., Mark 10:45), it is probably incorrect to include in this the idea that a “price” was paid to Satan, for nowhere in Scripture is such an idea suggested.

In his work Christus Victor, the Swedish theologian Gustav Aulén (1879-1977) argued for a Divine Triumph or Dramatic view of the atonement, similar to the ransom theories of Origen and the early church. In the dramatic view God overcame all the powers of hell and death through the cross and in doing so made visible his reconciling love to men. This too has some biblical support, but it is unlikely that it adequately summarizes all of scriptural revelation on this issue.

The Satisfaction or Commercial view of Anselm (1033-1109) argues that man has dishonored God by his sin and that through the death of the perfect, sinless God-man, Jesus Christ, that honor and more—including Satan’s defeat—has been restored to God. This theory also finds support in scripture, but more than God’s honor was restored through the death of his son.

The Governmental view of the atonement, advanced by Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), places a high value on the justice of God and the demand of his holy law. In this view, the death of Christ upholds God’s moral government in that it demonstrates His utter commitment to His holy law. He could have forgiven men, however, without the death of Christ, but this would have left men without the true knowledge of His commitment to His Law. The death of Christ, then, is not as a substitute for us, but rather God’s statement about what he thinks about his moral government of the universe. This view has much to commend it, but as a global theory it simply cannot account for the tight connection between three important facts in Scripture: (1) the reconciliation of the believing sinner; (2) the forgiveness of sin; and (3) the death of Christ. Peter says that “Christ died for sins, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18; cf. Rom 5:8).

The Penal Substitution view of the atonement35—the view most often associated with the Reformers, in particular, Calvin—argues that Christ died in the sinner’s place and appeased the wrath of God toward sin. Thus there are a cluster of ideas in this view including redemption (ransom), sacrifice, substitution, propitiation, and reconciliation, Though there are tensions in this view, and though the other views each contribute important insights to the idea of Christ’s atonement in the NT, this one perhaps rests on the best scriptural support, and brings together the holiness and love of God, the nature and sacrifice of Christ, and the sinfulness of man in a way that all are properly maintained. It is important, however, that the valid insights from the other views not be lost or eclipsed by this model.
by Theologist May 2, 2005
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Soteriophobia

The fear of becoming dependent on someone else, usually strong minded and even narcissistic people have this.
Girl 1: Why won't he let me buy him anything?
Girl 2: You have a better chance of turning Zack Effron straight. Your boyfriend has soteriophobia.
by EmmyIsMyMiddleName July 29, 2015
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soseria

adj. a word used by my favorite soseraa! It also means boring and monotonous!
bigotuda: "how've been u're day so far?"

sosera: "and u dare to ask that?...well...today?...ou gosh...what a soseria!"
by wawawiwawu December 9, 2008
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