Reparative Substitution and the ‘Efficacy Objection’: Toward a Modified Satisfaction Theory of Atonement
The doctrine of the atonement is a subject of perpetual curiosity for a number of contemporary theologians. The penal substitution theory of atonement in particular has precipitated a great deal of recent interest, being held up by many (mostly evangelical) Protestants as ‘the’ doctrine of atonement...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2017
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Perichoresis
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 97-110 |
IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church NBK Soteriology NBM Doctrine of Justification |
Further subjects: | B
Atonement
substitution
sufficiency-efficiency
Anselm
mechanism
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Summary: | The doctrine of the atonement is a subject of perpetual curiosity for a number of contemporary theologians. The penal substitution theory of atonement in particular has precipitated a great deal of recent interest, being held up by many (mostly evangelical) Protestants as ‘the’ doctrine of atonement. In this essay, we make a defense against the objection to the Anselmian theory of atonement that is often leveled against it by exponents of the Penal Substitution theory, namely, that Christ’s work does not accomplish anything for those whom it appears he undertakes his atoning work, but merely makes provision for salvation. |
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ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
Contains: | In: Perichoresis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/perc-2017-0018 |