A ORDO SALUTIS NO ÂMBITO DA DOUTRINA DA SALVAÇÃO CRISTÃ: UMA PERSPECTIVA SOTERIOLÓGICA

O termo ordo salutis foi usado pelos primeiros teólogos reformados modernos para denotar o processo redentivo. A ordem da salvação descreve o processo pelo qual a obra da salvação, realizada em Cristo, é subjetivamente realizada no coração e na vida dos pecadores. Descreve em sua ordem lógica e em suas interrelações, os vários movimentos do Espírito Santo na aplicação da obra da redenção. Cimentado em uma revisão de literatura, o artigo apresenta os conceitos básicos da doutrina, seguindo por suas principais objeções, embora não de forma exaustiva. Na parte final, o texto discorre sobre a ordo salutis e a condição humana, sobretudo na perspectiva da teologia reformada com rápidas diferenciações da orientação teológica católico-romana, subsequente a uma síntese conclusiva com destaque para a importância da tradição, máxime a importância dos teólogos piedosos que em muito contribuíram para a elaboração e consolidação das principais doutrinas teológicas.

Restoring order to the ordo salutis: Conversion normativity in light of recent critique

Given the disparate details of Luke’s report on early conversion practices, some scholars have sought to deliver their readers from the difficulty of determining normativity. However, the complication which excites such re-exegesis, at least in terms of the ordo salutis, is often overstated. Indeed, once the intrinsic dependency of conversion-initiation’s constituent elements is considered, a general (and essential) order emerges. Even the seemingly mutable moment of regeneration is fixed given a concrete set of conditions. Thus, the only controversy remaining concerns the particulars, specifically which conditions initiate regeneration.

Manifesting the Wisdom of God

This article examines the way James Buchanan (1804–1870) utilized the theological concept of the ordo salutis in order to counter challenges of antinomianism and neonomianism to Reformed soteriology. It seeks to place Buchanan in his historical context, while analyzing how his work can serve as a guide to contemporary debates concerning Reformed soteriology.

On the 250th Anniversary of A Plain Account of Christian Perfection: A Historical Review of Wesleyan Theological Hybridity and its Implications for Contemporary Discourses on Christian Humanism

In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in discourses of secular and Christian humanism. This interest engages the question of what it means to be truly human, and what the implications of true humanity are for individuals and society. The genesis of theological and secular humanisms stems from the Eastern Orthodox doctrine of theosis—God in Christ becomes human so that human persons may become more truly like the God whose image and likeness they bear. John Wesley was deeply influenced by Eastern Orthodox theologians. Without grasping this hermeneutic position, one cannot understand either the content or intent of John Wesley’s theology adequately. This paper expounds this aspect of Wesley’s theology by means of a historical theological exploration of the influences of Eastern Orthodoxy in Wesleyan soteriology. It is argued that when Wesley’s theology is understood as a hybrid of Eastern and Western theological influences and approaches, Christian perfection in the ordo salutis (order of salvation) supersedes the traditional Protestant emphasis on justification. In particular, this approach holds promise for making a unique and valuable contribution to contemporary discourses around Christian humanism.