Economy of Salvation

The Economy of Salvation, also called the Divine Economy, is that part of divine revelation in the Roman Catholic tradition that deals with God’s creation and management of the world, particularly his plan of salvation accomplished through the Church. Economy comes from the Greek oikonomia (economy), literally, "management of a household" or "stewardship".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Holy Trinity, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, 16th century

Church doctrine sees this as the elements and resources revealed by God as necessary for the sake of mankind's salvation through God's revelation and communication of himself to mankind. It refers to God's creation of all things, and of his governance of the world, especially with regards to Jesus' part in salvation, which includes his mission being fulfilled by his body, the Church, and through the sacraments. [7]

Paragraph 1103 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to the "Economy of Salvation" as the "economy of Revelation."[8]

Giorgio Agamben's The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government (2007; Eng. translation, 2011, p. 51) argues that this concept of "economy" (oikonomia) becomes narrowed to refer to a divine plan of salvation only after the Nicene dogma is established. In early Church history, the term also encompasses the "organization of the divine life" (51).

See also

References
  1. Mcgrath, Alister Christian Theology: An Introduction Blackwell Publishing, 2006 p. 267 ISBN 978-1-4051-5360-7
  2. "The Economy, in This World and the Next". www.catholicculture.org.
  3. "The Economy of Salvation". fathermahars.blogspot.ie.
  4. "Economy of Salvation - Catholic Man Night". www.catholicmannight.com.
  5. "Catechism of the Catholic Church - Index - S". www.vatican.va.
  6. "Catechism of the Catholic Church - The Revelation of God". www.vatican.va.
  7. "THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY". www.vatican.va.
  8. The Holy See (1995). Catechism of the Catholic Church (Updated and Revised with modifications from the Editio Typica ed.). Doubleday. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-385-47967-7.

Further reading
  • Conrad, A.C. The Divine Economy. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954.
  • Lumen Gentium The Role of the Blessed Mother in the Economy of Salvation
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