English Explanatory Dictionary

heilsgeschichte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of Heilsgeschichte.
noun
  1. 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.)
  2. Any interpretation of history as leading to eventual well-being, as e.g. in Marxism.

Word forms

heilsgeschichte

Etymology

From German Heilsgeschichte.

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