satisfaction theory of atonement

Also developed the satisfaction theory of atonement.

This view is known as the satisfaction theory of atonement, the merit theory, or sometimes the commercial theory.

Pilch and Malina take the view that Paul holds to the Satisfaction theory of atonement.

In the 11th century, Anselm of Canterbury rejected the ransom view, and proposed the satisfaction theory of atonement.

The question concerns interpretations of atonement theory, particularly penal substitution theory and the satisfaction theory of atonement.

Anselm is famed as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God and of the satisfaction theory of atonement.

It is derived from the Roman Catholic satisfaction theory of atonement, although it is not identical to that of Anselm.

The satisfaction theory of atonement is a theory in Christian theology that Jesus Christ suffered the Crucifixion as a substitute for human sin, satisfying God due to Christ's infinite merit.

Anselm (according to Southern) rejected this theory for one theologians call the Satisfaction Theory of Atonement, in which "Christ suffered as a substitute on behalf of humankind satisfying the demands of God's honor by his infinite merit."

It is a model of the atonement that is dated to the Church Fathers, and it, or the related ransom theory, was the dominant theory of the atonement for a thousand years, until Anselm of Canterbury supplanted it in the West with his Satisfaction theory of atonement.