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A Study of the Biblical Meaning and the Christian Social Ethical Interpretation of Forgiveness

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2020, (46), pp.115-145
  • DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2020.46.04
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : February 24, 2020
  • Accepted : April 18, 2020
  • Published : April 30, 2020

ShinHyung Seong 1 Seon Wook Kim 1

1숭실대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the Christian ethical meaning of forgiveness. This study delves into the Christian ethical implications of forgiveness, while grasping the meaning of sin and forgiveness revealed in the Old and New testaments. To this end, the study develops three points. First, this paper analyzes the meaning of forgiveness in Old Testament tradition as it deals with the social meaning of forgiveness based on the law(Torah) and the prophetic tradition. Second, this study discusses how the social meaning of forgiveness was conveyed through the gospel in the days of Jesus, and through the early church of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament tradition. Third, this study conducts a Christian ethical interpretation of forgiveness, as it examines the dialectical relationship between love and justice of Paul Ricoeur, that the ethics of forgiveness are the process of realizing love and justice. Through this study, forgiveness does not simply mean pursing on the religious dimension for the next world, but pursing on the Christian ethical dimension through the practice love and justice.

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