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Satisfaction Theory (Atonement)

Sin incurs a debt of honor to God that Christ alone repays

The satisfaction theory holds that human sin owes God a debt or offends his honor, and that Christ's death renders the satisfaction owed, making things right. It was classically framed by Anselm in Cur Deus Homo and became influential in Western, Latin theology. This emphasis is less central in Eastern Christian thought, which tends to approach the atonement through other models such as victory and liberation.

How it traveled

  1. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
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  2. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  3. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo
    Canterbury · 1109
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  4. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  5. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  6. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  7. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
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  8. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  9. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  10. Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  11. The Wisdom of God Displayed in the Way of Salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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