Anselm's Theory Of Atonement

Atonement is a Christian doctrine that attempts to explain and understand the earliest teachings of the Church and that Christ died for our sins. The Atonement explains the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made in order to help individuals overcome sin, adversity, and death. The atoning sacrifice Jesus made occurred in the Garden of Gethsemane. Atonement is known as the expression of love by the Father and Jesus Christ. The foundational truth of Christianity is that Jesus died for our sins on the cross (1Cor. 15:3). Incarnation, theologically is the understanding of how Jesus Christ became human flesh. Jesus, the Son of God became human flesh in order to be save and shed blood for forgiveness.

Incarnation

John’s Gospel articulates a theology of Incarnation that explains

Early Christians recognize atonement as the idea of Christ’s victory over evil. In this regard, the classic motive of atonement results that Christ redeemed individuals from the power of sin, death, and evil. There are several philosophers of religion who have written on atonement correlated moral and juridical notions. The Theory of Anselm of Canterbury has been the center of all attention.

Anselm’s

Anselm’s theory of atonement has been associated the idea of vicarious atonement (Victor 120). The one popular version is known as the doctrine of satisfaction and is associated with Anselm’s. Anselm thought of sin as a violation against divine justice (Albl 271). If individuals were to lie or cheat this doctrine would consider that divine order of justice would be instable. To refurbish the stability of the world something must be thru to reestablish the stability. Human beings violating the way of order would put themselves in debt to God and must repay that debt. The major factor of atonement is making right what was wrong. The only way to receive Christ is to accept him and seek forgiveness for the sins committed. True repentance and