English Dictionary

scandal of particularity

名詞

(theology) The difficulty of regarding a single individual human (Jesus) as being the saviour for all humans.

日本語の意味

（神学） 単一の個人（イエス）を全人類の救い主と見なすことに対する難しさ。

Many modern theologians wrestle with the scandal of particularity when they try to reconcile universal salvation with the uniqueness of Jesus.

多くの現代神学者は、普遍的な救いとイエスの唯一性をどのように調和させるかを模索する際、ある一人（イエス）を全ての人の救い主とみなすことの困難に悩んでいる。

意味（1）

(theology) The difficulty of regarding a single individual human (Jesus) as being the saviour for all humans.

1994: A materialism […] was supposed to be what science favoured: and the ‘scandal of particularity’, God becoming incarnate in Christ in human history, was indeed regarded as a scandal — that is, absurd — by contemporary intellectuals. — Richard Swinburne, Reason and the Christian Religion (Oxford 1994, p. 1)