Soteriology \So*te`ri*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? safety (from ? saving,
? a savoir, ? to save) + -logy.]
1. A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and
preserving health.
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
soteriology
n : the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation
as the effect of a divine agency