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The Anselmic View Of The Atonement, Thomas Coates
The Anselmic View Of The Atonement, Thomas Coates
Concordia Theological Monthly
The doctrine of the atonement has always been one of the cardinal tenets of the Christian faith- a tenet of such central importance that with it the Christian religion can be said to stand or fall it was to effect the atonement for man's sin and to reconcile the creature and the Creator that the Son of God assumed the human nature. This has been the conviction of all those who have stood within the historic Christian tradition - from the days of the Apostles onward.
The study of the doctrine of the atonement, accordingly, represents one of the most …