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Shleiermacher's View On Atonement

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Much later, in the 16th century, other theologians, such as, Laelius and Faustus, also stated that the illustration of Christ who was faithful unto death inspired His followers to commit to God. Another influential scholar of the 16th century was Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher a German theologian, who stated that humanity had been subconsciously predisposed by the divine who enter into our lives and lifted us into the divine
Strength versus Weakness
In an attempt to evaluate on a theological perspective what God did at the Cross of Calvary, one word comes to mind, the term Love. The only motivation for God to send His Son to die and redeem humanity is perhaps the kind of love that is strange and unheard off to us humans. The fact that …show more content…

This theory presents the idea that Jesus Christ suffered instead of humanity, as a substitution for our sin. Furthermore, the sacrifice that Jesus, the perfect one, experienced, satisfied God. Perhaps, the Bible foundations that scholars have based this theory may be found mostly in the writings of Paul. For example, in (1 Corinthians 15:3) and (2 Corinthians 5:15,) which basically says that Jesus died on behalf of sinners. Further, others scriptures in which substitution and satisfaction maybe implied are found in (Romans 3:21—26; 4:25 and 5:18—21,) where it is stated that the righteous death of one man leads to exoneration and life for all. Perhaps, one of the earliest theologians that saw the sacrifice of Christ as a substitution for sinners was St. Augustine, however, later, in the medieval times, another scholar made improvements to this model. Anlsem, who taught and declared that mankind’s sin had insulted God’s honor and that in order to correct it, a perfect sacrifice was needed to amend the wrong. This sacrifice satisfied God, therefore the sin of humanity was taken care of. Anselm's representation of his theory was a forerunner for another refinements done later by of Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin, views that introduced the Penal substitution theory, the idea of a punishment in order to meet the demands of God’s

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