Heavenly Stories: Tiered Salvation In The New Testament And Ancient Christianity (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)

Salvation is often thought to be an all-or-nothing matter: you are either saved or damned. Heavenly Stories examines how some important thinkers in the ancient world, including Paul the Apostle, John of Patmos, Hermas, the Sethians, and the Valentinians, believed that salvation comes in degrees.

• | Author: Alexander Kocar
• | Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: July 30, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0812253264
• | ISBN-13: 9780812253269