Definition of Salvific

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption.

Partainyms: Salvation

Definition of Salvific

1. a. Tending to save or secure safety.

Definition of Salvific

1. Adjective. Able or intending to provide salvation or redemption. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salvific

1. having the power to save [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salvific

salvatories
salvators
salvatory
salve
salved
salvelike
salver
salver-shaped
salverform
salvers
salves
salvete
salvetes
salvia
salvias
salvific (current term)
salvifical
salvifically
salvifying
salving
salvings
salvinorin
salvinorin A
salvinorins
salvo
salvoed
salvoes
salvoing
salvor
salvors

Literary usage of Salvific

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The denial of the universality of the salvific will of God and the restriction of the merits of Christ's passion to the elect are only natural consequences ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... it cannot be harmonized with the dogmatically certain universality and sincerity of God's salvific will. For the absolute predestination of the blessed ..."

3. The Christian Observer (1817)
"After slitting that .the whole <,f the salvific Christian doctrine is contained in the Scriptures, ..."

4. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"It seems unlikely that such Ojibwas were rejecting their traditions in favor of the salvific religion of Jesus Christ; rather, they were fitting the ..."

5. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"In general Ojibwas have adopted some Christian eschatological conceptions without accepting the salvific message of Jesus Christ. ..."

6. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... his (Schweitzer's) scholarly investigations substantiate that Jesus' undaunted ethical will and salvific vision of a kingdom of love and justice remain ..."

7. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... his (Schweitzer's) scholarly investigations substantiate that Jesus' undaunted ethical will and salvific vision of a kingdom of love and justice remain ..."

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