Ordo salutis
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The term ordo salutis (
Definition
Ordo salutis has been defined as "a technical term of
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Criticism and support
Some more recent theologians, such as Karl Barth, G. C. Berkouwer and Herman Ridderbos, have criticised the idea of an "order of salvation".[3] For example, Barth sees the ordo salutis as running the risk of "psychologizing" salvation and Berkouwer is concerned the ordering does not do justice to the "fullness" of salvation.[8] Another criticism comes from Richard Gaffin who asserts "that union with Christ is for Paul the overarching factor within which the various elements of the order of Salvation are to be considered".[9]
Those who want to sustain an idea of sequential order in salvation appeal to Romans 8:29–30 (
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
The concept of an ordered sequence of
References
- ^ "Order of Salvation". www.ccel.org. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Hendrikus Berkhof, Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Study of the faith (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979) p. 478.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58134-812-5.
- ^ S. B. Ferguson "Ordo Salutis", New Dictionary of Theology (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1988) p. 480.
- ^ Ferguson, "Ordo Salutis", p. 480.
- ^ The Methodist Review, Volume 48. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 1899. p. 933.
The Arminian and Methodist order is (1) Repentance, (2) Faith, (3) Justification, (4) Regeneration), (5) Sanctification.
- ^ Olson, Roger E. (2013). "An Arminian Ordo Salutis (Order of Salvation)". Roger E. Olson: My evangelical, Arminian theological musings. Patheos. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Ferguson, 'Ordo Salutis,' p. 480.
- ^ Robert Letham The Westminster Assembly (Phillipsburg: P&R, 2009) p. 245.
- ^ Letham, The Westminster Assembly, pp. 242–246.
- ^ Ferguson, Ordo Salutis, p. 481.
