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Vicarious Atonement

He stood in our place, bearing what was ours so that what was his might become ours

Vicarious atonement holds that Christ acted and suffered on humanity's behalf, in its place, to accomplish salvation. It draws on the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 and Paul's words that God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21). The broad conviction that Christ saves "for us" is widely shared; the contested part lies in the specific mechanisms, such as penal or satisfaction theories, which the traditions explain differently.

How it traveled

  1. 1 Peter
    Rome · 64
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  2. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
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  3. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  4. Galatians
    Ephesus · 67
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  5. 2 Corinthians
    Philippi · 67
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  6. Ephesians
    Rome · 67
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  7. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
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  8. Luke
    Rome · 84
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  9. John
    Ephesus · 100
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  10. The First Apology
    Rome · 165
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  11. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
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  12. Against Heresies: Book III
    Lyons · 202
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  13. The Epistle of Barnabas
    Alexandria · 220
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  14. The Incarnation of the Word
    Alexandria · 373
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  15. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  16. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  17. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  18. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  19. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  20. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  22. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. Reply to Faustus the Manichæan
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  26. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  27. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
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  28. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo
    Canterbury · 1109
    explains
  29. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  30. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
    explains

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1 Peter · Peter the Apostle

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1 Peter · Peter the Apostle

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2 Corinthians · Paul the Apostle

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2 Corinthians · Paul the Apostle

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Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther

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Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther

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Galatians · Paul the Apostle

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Hebrews · Paul the Apostle

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The First Apology · Justin Martyr

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