Comparing Incarnation And Anselm's Satisfaction
Incarnation, Atonement, and Anselm’s Satisfaction
Various human cultures around the globe have held on to the belief that Jesus Christ was created so that God can give humans a way to make up for their sins. God sacrificed his only born son so that his creations had a way to receive eternal life. The act of selflessness portrayed by Jesus Christ gave humanity a way to reconcile with God after doing something wrong. Therefore, the incarnation of Jesus Christ was necessary in order for us to atone for our sins. This paper will explain the relationship between incarnation and atonement, while focusing especially on Anselm’s idea of satisfaction.
First, I would like to explain what the incarnation is. God has become man through the creation …show more content…
Most articles, textbooks, and entire works that discuss the CDH often acknowledge Anselm’s theory of satisfaction as his most potent contribution to theology. This is considered to be his most important and clear contribution, for the CDH represents the redeeming work of Atonement and Incarnation as a way for humans to mend the consequences of our sins. Over time, many critics of Anselm’s CDH has made a point to put the term satisfaction in their own words and by doing this they completely elevated its meaning far beyond Anselm’s use of the word. These critics have put their own spin on what they thought the word satisfaction in the CDH meant and made it a point to criticized Anselm on not anticipating the negative ideas of the term satisfaction used. Some interpreters that were fond of Anselm and the CDH have also criticized the term (Cohen, …show more content…
God created all things to be in harmony for the human to benefit. God wanted his creatures to live in blessedness, happiness, and bliss. Human disobedience, which is considered sin, caused the disruption of the world order (Peters, 2005). According to Anselm, because man had been disobedient death had a way to enter into the human race, so in order for life to be restored, man must be obedient. And the way that sin, which was the cause of us being damned, had its beginning from woman, so should the author of our salvation be born of woman. He believed that God wanted redemption for all of humanity and that only through Christ’s Incarnation, death, and resurrection was this possible. So, in order for us to redeem ourselves, the death of Christ was required (Sadler,
Various human cultures around the globe have held on to the belief that Jesus Christ was created so that God can give humans a way to make up for their sins. God sacrificed his only born son so that his creations had a way to receive eternal life. The act of selflessness portrayed by Jesus Christ gave humanity a way to reconcile with God after doing something wrong. Therefore, the incarnation of Jesus Christ was necessary in order for us to atone for our sins. This paper will explain the relationship between incarnation and atonement, while focusing especially on Anselm’s idea of satisfaction.
First, I would like to explain what the incarnation is. God has become man through the creation …show more content…
Most articles, textbooks, and entire works that discuss the CDH often acknowledge Anselm’s theory of satisfaction as his most potent contribution to theology. This is considered to be his most important and clear contribution, for the CDH represents the redeeming work of Atonement and Incarnation as a way for humans to mend the consequences of our sins. Over time, many critics of Anselm’s CDH has made a point to put the term satisfaction in their own words and by doing this they completely elevated its meaning far beyond Anselm’s use of the word. These critics have put their own spin on what they thought the word satisfaction in the CDH meant and made it a point to criticized Anselm on not anticipating the negative ideas of the term satisfaction used. Some interpreters that were fond of Anselm and the CDH have also criticized the term (Cohen, …show more content…
God created all things to be in harmony for the human to benefit. God wanted his creatures to live in blessedness, happiness, and bliss. Human disobedience, which is considered sin, caused the disruption of the world order (Peters, 2005). According to Anselm, because man had been disobedient death had a way to enter into the human race, so in order for life to be restored, man must be obedient. And the way that sin, which was the cause of us being damned, had its beginning from woman, so should the author of our salvation be born of woman. He believed that God wanted redemption for all of humanity and that only through Christ’s Incarnation, death, and resurrection was this possible. So, in order for us to redeem ourselves, the death of Christ was required (Sadler,