Salvation today and the problem of hope
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This article is the transcription of a paper delivered by Olivier Clément in 1973, which remained unpublished until its release. It is a theological meditation of a kerygmatic character, focusing on the notion of salvation and its relevance for contemporary humanity. Clément develops a christological anthropology structured around several axes: the human vocation to deification, human existence as "trinitarian" grounded in the mystery of the Triune God, human responsibility toward the cosmos, and the eschatological tension between the Kingdom and history. Christian hope is presented not as a comfortable certainty, but as a force that passes through despair and animates engagement in the world. The contribution of this text lies in the living synthesis it offers of the great themes of Eastern patristic theology — deification, eucharist, person, cosmos — applied to the spiritual and cultural challenges of modernity.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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