by Jean Barbey | Mar 12, 2023 | Soteriology
Introduction We sometimes hear Christians discussing the question: can you lose your salvation? Some say yes, others say no, sometimes they are talking about different things, and since the question of salvation is inseparable from that of man’s eternal destiny,...
by Jean Barbey | Jan 28, 2023 | Anthropology, Exegesis, Gospel of John, Soteriology
To be born again means to begin a new spiritual life, which consists of knowing God by faith and leading one’s life under the guidance of the Spirit. 1 The biblical text: Jesus meets Nicodemus The expression “to be born again” exists in only one...
by Jean Barbey | Jan 1, 2023 | Pneumatology, Reformation, Soteriology
The Zwinglian conception of Christian salvation is linked to a form of humanist universalism of the Spirit that contrasts with the usual conceptions of the Reformation, but which echoes a certain reading of the epistle to the Romans. Here are a few points of reference...
by Jean Barbey | Oct 27, 2022 | Christology, Soteriology
Scripture presents man’s death as inseparable from his alienation from God. Both a central and archetypal element of the human condition and a just reward for individual sins, it has a physical and spiritual dimension, and refers beyond the present existence to...
by Jean Barbey | Aug 19, 2022 | Ancient times, Christology, Theology proper
The doctrine of the trinity or tri-unity is emblematic of Christian theology, and is one of the elements of the tradition largely taken over from the Protestant Reformation. Here we present biblical, conceptual and historical elements that enable us to reconstruct a...
