Christ's representation of sinners in Hans Urs von Balthasar and Thomas Aquinas
In his dramatic approach to the redemption, Balthasar takes seriously Christ's exchange of places with sinners. Christ upon the cross takes on sin itself, and not only its consequences, while remaining innocent. Balthasar critiques Aquinas for maintaining that Christ accepts only the consequenc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 74, Issue: 3, Pages: 252-261 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Balthasar, Hans Urs von 1905-1988
/ Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Vicarious role (Theology)
/ Sin
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Cross
B Thomas Aquinas B Sin B Redemption B Hans Urs Von Balthasar |
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| Summary: | In his dramatic approach to the redemption, Balthasar takes seriously Christ's exchange of places with sinners. Christ upon the cross takes on sin itself, and not only its consequences, while remaining innocent. Balthasar critiques Aquinas for maintaining that Christ accepts only the consequences or punishments of sin. Aquinas strictly distinguishes between guilt and punishment, with Christ accepting only the latter out of charity to make satisfaction for sin. I argue that Balthasar does not get beyond Aquinas’ distinction between guilt and punishment but dramatises it for a more dynamic representation of the seriousness of sin and its redemption. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930621000417 |