Quid Pro Quo Satisfaction? An Analysis and Response to Garry Williams on Penal Substitutionary Atonement and Definite Atonement
Advocates of definite atonement have often argued that penal substitutionary atonement entails the doctrine that Christ satisfied for the sins of the elect alone. Recently, Garry Williams published two essays in a book entitled From Heaven He Came and Sought Her defending the thesis that logical con...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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The Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 89, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-70 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Reformed Church doctrines
B Atonement B WILLIAMS, Garry B limited atonement B Owen, John B Reformed Theology B DABNEY, R. L B Penal Substitution |
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| Summary: | Advocates of definite atonement have often argued that penal substitutionary atonement entails the doctrine that Christ satisfied for the sins of the elect alone. Recently, Garry Williams published two essays in a book entitled From Heaven He Came and Sought Her defending the thesis that logical consistency demands that if one affirms penal substitution, classically understood, then one must affirm definite atonement. This paper responds to Williams's two essays and his main thesis by noting several historical considerations that significantly undermine Williams's exposition of what he deems to be the 'classic' doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement. Further it is shown that the various theological problems proffered by Reformed theologians against Williams's pecuniary version of penal substitution-such as R. L. Dabney's response to John Owen's double-payment argument-are inadequately addressed. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-08901004 |