Heilsgeschichte

== English == === Etymology === From German Heilsgeschichte. === Noun === Heilsgeschichte (uncountable) (theology) History seen as the work of God's salvation. (Especially, in Christianity, the history of the Old Testament, seen as a preparation for the coming of Christ.) 1959, Guthrie/Hall, translating Oscar Cullman, The Christology of the New Testament, p. 306: Without a divine Heilsgeschichte it would not make sense to speak of Jesus' ‘deity’. He would then simply be one of the heroes of history—nothing more. (by extension) Any interpretation of history as leading to eventual well-being, as e.g. in Marxism. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === Heil (“salvation”) +‎ Geschichte (“history”). === Noun === Heilsgeschichte f Heilsgeschichte ==== Derived terms ==== heilsgeschichtlich === Further reading === “Heilsgeschichte” in Duden online “Heilsgeschichte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache