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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
An explanation of one thing through comparison with another, such as describing salvation as release from slavery.
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Specification 3.1.4.3 · Paper 1
Revise: Redemption in Scripture and Salvation MetaphorsA metaphor explains something through comparison. Salvation metaphors highlight different aspects of Jesus’s saving work rather than describing literal mechanisms.
Treat salvation metaphors as explanations, not literal transactions. Anselm’s satisfaction account does not mean that God paid money to the devil.
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