The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2319 page)

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Sot
panna
(stream-enterer, one who has entered the Buddha's path):
Sotaranz
.
Jap. for s
tra/sutta pi
aka.
Soteriology
.
The doctrine of
salvation
(Gk.,
s
t
ria
). In Christian theology this means the saving work of God in the
incarnation
and especially the
atonement
, and through
grace
. The doctrines of the
Fall
and of
sin
are presuppositions. See also
REDEMPTION
.
More widely, the term is used of any discussion of salvation or its equivalent in other religions.

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