A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Quo Vadis?
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow: or curious covenant, The
- Redemption
- Remember me implored the thief
- Resurrection
- Rizpah
- Rock, The
- Root of all evil, The
- Rosa Mystica
- Sabbath, The
- Saint Mary Magdalene or the weeper
- Salome
- Samson Agonistes
- Samson and Delilah
- Samson to his Delilah
- Sarah
- Saved
- Second Coming, The
- Seed of Adam
- Sharing Eve's apple
- Shepherds, The
- Simon the Cyrennian speaks
- Sion lies waste
- Sitting by a bush in broad daylight
- Song of Saul before his last battle
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Matthew & St. Mark & St. Luke & St. John
- St. Paul
- Stanzas on the Psalms
- Stephen to Lazarus
- Stone, The
- Story of Joshua, The
- Take ye heed, watch and pray
- Temple, The
- They wondered why the fruit had been forbidden
- This bread I break
- Thorn in the flesh, The
- Thou art indeed just, Lord
- Three Kings, The
- Till We Have Faces
- To be a [3pilgrim3]
- To Dives
- To him that was crucified
- To the garden the world
- Tower of Babel, The
- Trial of Jesus, The
- Two went up to the temple to pray
- Unpardonable Sin, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Redemption
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To redeem is literally to buy back. The Bible uses this as an image of salvationCultural References
Big ideas: Redemption, salvationLiterally, 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.
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.
In the Bible, salvation is seen as God's commitment to save or rescue his people from sin (and other dangers) and to establish his kingdom.
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.
In the Bible, salvation is seen as God's commitment to save or rescue his people from sin (and other dangers) and to establish his kingdom.
