Perfect happines and salvation of the soul.


 Philosophical schools are predominantly daemonic, seeing happiness as the goal of life. However, they differ from each other in the way they seek happiness and in the way they want to achieve it. Even Christians agree that perfection leads to happiness, peace, contentment not only for eternity, but partly also here on earth. The gospel promises a joy that the eye has not seen or heard (1 Cor. 2: 9). The first Christian authors like to point out that only God can completely liberate us from all that ancient man was so afraid of: death, loneliness, unfortunate destiny, evil beings and all evil. For he is the only good one (Mt 19:17) and loves people. «You have created us for yourself,» writes Augustine, “And our heart is dissatisfied until it rests in you.” However, the usual expression of Scripture is not “happiness,” but rather “salvation.” Already in the Old Testament it is often promised that God will come and “save the people” (cf. Isa. 43: 3; Z 26: 1). The New Testament revealed the grace of our Savior (Titus 2: 11). There is no salvation in anyone else (Acts 4: 11-12). What is the difference between happiness and salvation? Happiness is expressed earlier psychological state that someone feels good. The Greek term for salvation of soteria originally means health, physical integrity, mental balance. We express rather the ontological state, the real fate is not yet completely felt. If we are in the grace of God, we are already saved. For what will it profit a man, if the whole world also gain, and harm his soul ?! (Mk 8.36).

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