A-Z: General definitions
- Rabbi
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- Rahab
- Rainbow
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- Real Presence
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- Realist
- Reason
- Rebekah
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- Rector
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- Red Sea
- Redeem
- Redeemer
- Redemption
- Redemptive
- Reflections
- Reformation
- Reformed
- Reformer
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- Regenerate
- Regeneration
- register
- Regular Clergy
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- Relic
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- Religious
A-Z: General definitions: Redeemer
Definition
One who pays the price to secure the release of a convicted criminal, slave, or previously owned article. The Bible states that Jesus paid with his life to 'buy back' humans, saving them from the grip of sin and the punishment that sin incurs, and thus is known as the Redeemer. (See Redeemed)
Related Topics
Big ideas: Redemption, salvation
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.
Disobedience to the known will of God. According to Christian theology human beings have displayed a pre-disposition to sin since the Fall of Humankind.
Literally, to 'buy back'. In Christian belief, the redemption of humanity was achieved by Jesus who in his death on the cross made a complete sacrifice sufficient to pay for the sins of the world.
