176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book considers how certainty and faith are related in the Christian faith. It asks: How certain can Christian believers be about their beliefs about God? Should Christians doubt the assurance of their salvation? The chapters provide a historical analysis of both certainty of faith and assurance from the early Church to modern times while also paying attention to confessional differences. The... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Some preliminary considerations
3. Certainty and the Church
4. Faith, Certainty and Fallibilism
5. Faith and doubt
6. Certainty challenged
Biography
Olli-Pekka Vainio is Professor Of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.






