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Atonement in Christianity |
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Theories
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Ransom (Patristic) |
Christus Victor (20th century) |
Recapitulation
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Satisfaction (Scholastic / Anselmian) |
Penal substitution (Scholastic / Reformed / Arminian) |
Governmental
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Moral influence (Mixed) |
Moral example (Socinian) |
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Types |
Limited (Scholastic / Reformed) |
Unlimited (Amyraldism / Arminianism / Protestantism) |
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Christian universalism |
The governmental theory of the atonement (also known as the rectoral theory, or the moral government theory) is a doctrine in Christian theology concerning the meaning and effect of the death of Jesus Christ. It teaches that Christ suffered for humanity so that God could forgive humans without punishing them while still maintaining divine justice. In the modern era, it is more often taught in non-Calvinist Protestant circles, though Arminius, John Wesley, and other Arminians never spoke clearly of it. It is drawn primarily from the works of Hugo Grotius and later theologians such as John Miley and H. Orton Wiley.
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