noun: (theology) History seen as the work of God's salvation. (Especially, in Christianity, the history of the Old Testament, seen as a preparation for the coming of Christ.)
noun: (by extension) Any interpretation of history as leading to eventual well-being, as e.g. in Marxism.
noun: Alternative form of Heilsgeschichte [(theology) History seen as the work of God's salvation. (Especially, in Christianity, the history of the Old Testament, seen as a preparation for the coming of Christ.)]