savednessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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savedness (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) The quality of being saved, or rescued from the consequences of sin.
   • 1970, Leonard Verduin, Somewhat less than God: the Biblical view of man

     The conviction that man exists in the modality of lostness, so that he must undergo a metamorphosis in order to be found in the modality of savedness, is something that is derived from special revelation.

   • 1985, Darrell L. Guder, Be my witnesses: the church's mission, message, and messengers, page 11:

     Our savedness is not our privilege but our responsibility. To reduce the scope of the saving work of God, to say that Christ died "to save me," is to say far too little, and thus to distort the gospel.

   • 2006, Daniel Whyte III, When Black Preachers Preach, volume 2, page 123:

     Could a person ever lose this savedness? If so, how and at what point?