TY - BOOK AU - Trumbower,Jeffrey A. ED - Oxford University Press. TI - Rescue for the dead: the posthumous salvation of non-Christians in early Christianity T2 - Oxford studies in historical theology AV - BT927 U1 - 234.09015 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Salvation after death KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Salvation outside the church N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction; Oxford; Oxford University Press; 2009; (Oxford Scholarship Online); Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher); Available as searchable text in HTML format; Access restricted to subscribing institutions N2 - Christianity is a religion of salvation in which believers have always anticipated some type of post-mortem bliss. This belief in salvation for the faithful has usually meant non-salvation for others. This text examines the establishment of this view UR - http://ezproxy.lib.gla.ac.uk/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0195140990.001.0001 ER -