History A-Level
Salvation and Grace
What Salvation and Grace means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Salvation and Grace
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Achieved not by faith alone but through 'good works', with the seven sacraments deemed essential channels of God's grace.
Topics that use Salvation and Grace
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The condition of the Church, c1500–1517 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Church courts
- Clerical Authority
- Clerical hierarchy
- Everyday religious experience and devotion
- Institutional corruption and moral decay
- Religious reform and intellectual movements
- Social tensions and anti-clericalism
- The tension between institutional abuse and popular faith
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