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salvific
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sal·vif·ic  (sl-vfk)
adj.
Having the intention or power to bring about salvation or redemption: "the doctrine that only a perfect male form can incarnate God fully and be salvific" (Rita N. Brock).
[Late Latin salvificus : Latin salvus, safe; see safe + Latin -ficus, -fic.]
sal·vifi·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.salvific - pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption
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However, the same Word of God is found outside the household of faith, salvifically active in a Gentile king, Melchizedek, who blessed Abraham, the father of the elect servants (Gen 14:17-20); in Job, who struggled with God; in a pre-covenant maidservant, Hagar, who saw God (Gen 16:7-14); in astrologers from the East, who honored the birth of a child and returned to their homes guided by God (Mt 2:1-12); and in Roman military officers who prayed to God (Acts 10).
Withdrawal for reflection by Thomsen, Mark W. / Currents in Theology and Mission
12) Thus, language pervades the passage as a trope both for the spiritually ineffectual communication of barbarity (unfathomably violent) and for the saving force of spiritual transformation (paradoxically, salvifically violent).
Linguistic fragmentation and redemption before King Alfred by Stanton, Robert / Yearbook of English Studies
Procreation is viewed as salvifically and nationally significant; parallels to this idea are found in Zoroastrian literature.
Marriage, old style by Weisberg, Dvora / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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