Salvation -- Comparative studies

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Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity: Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian Debate

by Simmons, Michael Bland

fromOxford studies in late antiquity

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This title explores the background to the effort of the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry (c.A.D. 232-305) to devise a system of universal salvation as a means of countering the Christian soteriological challenge, and the Christian reactions to this, notably from Eusebius of Cae…

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Universal salvation in late antiquity: Porphyry of Tyre and the pagan-christian debate

by Simmons, Michael Bland

fromOxford studies in late antiquity

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"This study offers an in-depth examination of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre, whose significance for late antique thought is immense. Porphyry's concept of salvation is important for an understanding of tho…