Religious Law and Salvation from Paul's View

Subject Areas : Christianity

mahboobeh safaei sadegh ¹ , Tahereh Hajebrahimi ²

1 - Phd Student of religions and Mysticism. Azad Tehran Shomal University. Tehran.Iran.
2 - Associate Professor of Comparative Religion and Mysticism, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-11-06 Accepted : 2022-11-06 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Religious law, religious practice, Salvation, Justification, Paul,

Abstract :

Paul's contradictory view about law has provoked Christian thinkers to argue and dispute about it. Although Paul was from a Pharisee background and considered the religious law sacred and binding but he propounds the case of redemption from the curse of the law, and asserts that no one justify by law. Here the question is if no one can justify by law, why did God originally give us the law? It seems that the secret of the Paul's negative view about law is concealed in this question. If it is asked how one can be justified? Paul always says that "by Christ" and "not by law". Therefore, the only requirement to enter the community of believers is the faith in Christ, not acceptance of the law. But he emphasizes that after coming into Christian life, a Christian should act according to the divine commandments. So, it must be said that Paul was not against the law. In this article, Paul's view about religious law and its connection with salvation is surveyed in a descriptive- analytic method.

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