Sztuk, Dariusz2026-03-102026-03-102015Seminare, 2015, Tom 36, nr 2, s. 21-29.1232-8766https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/42641In reflection dedicated to the relations between theological arguments and parenesis in St. Paul’s epistolarium, there is a general agreement as to the fact that ethical exhortations are usually motivated by the doctrinal passages of the letters of the Apostle Paul, or, that they are woven into the argumentative substance of a given letter. Without denying this fact, it seems that the relationship between the two parts of the letters can be described in a different way. Namely, due to the fact that their doctrinal part presents the image of Christ and His work of salvation, we can characterize soteriology as iconic. This is possible because its agens is itself an icon. In other words, Paul’s Christology is iconic because Christ is the ‘image of God’ and, consequently, His work present in the cross, the sign of salvation, is also iconic. Soteriology remains related to the ethical part of the letters and, because St. Paul in different ways encourages his recipients to follow and to be like Christ, it will be justified to define his parenesis as mimetic.polCC-BY-ND - Uznanie autorstwa - Bez utworów zależnychsoteriologiaPaweł apostołteologiateologia biblijnaetyka Nowego TestamentuList do Galatówlisty św. PawłaBibliaPismo ŚwięteNowy Testamentetykasoteriologia Pawłowasoteriologia ikonicznapareneza mimetycznaparenezabiblistykazbawienieegzgezaegzegeza biblijnaanaliza egzegetycznasoteriologyPaul the Apostletheologybiblical theologyNew Testament ethicsLetter to the Galatiansletters of Saint PaulBibleNew TestamentethicsPauline soteriologyiconic soteriologymimetic parenesisparenesisbiblical studiessalvationexegesisbiblical exegesisexegetical analysisArticle