Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo and Satisfaction Atonement Theory (April 26, 2012)

Anselm of Canterbury's (1033 – 1109)  Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man) is particular famous for being the first concise statement of the "Satisfaction Theory of Atonement." Anselm's Satisfaction theory is the bedrock for all modern orthodox understandings of atonement, including the fullest expression in "Penal-Substitutionary Atonement." Anselm argues that the previous […]

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