Literary notes about Redemption (AI summary)
"Redemption" in literature carries diverse connotations, ranging from divine liberation to personal and social restoration. In religious texts, it is commonly invoked as the ultimate release from sin and the hope for salvation—for instance, divine mediation and deliverance by Christ are emphasized ([1],[2],[3]). In narrative fiction, it frequently serves as a metaphor for moral renewal or the last chance for atonement, as seen in characters who seek to reclaim their honor or escape from self-degradation ([4],[5],[6]). Meanwhile, historical and philosophical writings often use the term to denote the reclamation of captives or the recovery of lost virtue, highlighting its broader cultural and aesthetic dimensions ([7],[8],[9]). This layered use of "redemption" enriches its meaning, positioning it as a pivotal concept in discussions of both spiritual and worldly renewal.
- .Christ is the one and only mediator of redemption, who gave himself, as the apostle writes in the following verse.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Christianity added two new elements to it; (1) the idea of Redemption , (2) the person of Christ .
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - He delighted to witness Hindley degrading himself past redemption; and became daily more notable for savage sullenness and ferocity.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Nevertheless, he found himself clinging to the hope of some reply as to his one last chance of redemption.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - What can a ruined soul like mine effect towards the redemption of other souls?—or a polluted soul towards their purification?
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 72 Agriculture revived under the shadow of peace, and the number of husbandmen was multiplied by the redemption of captives.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Pay me half now, and the rest in... 50 You see, I need the money for the redemption of the mortgage.”
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - If the incarnation was a virtual redemption, the truest incarnation was the laborious creation itself.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana