Atonement and Sin

doi:10.1017/9781108885959.008

6 - Atonement and Sin

from Part I - Doctrines

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022

Adam Johnson

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Michael Allen

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Michael Allen: Affiliation:
Reformed Theological Seminary, Florida

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Summary

The doctrine of the atonement is the church’s work of exploring the meaning and significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the triune God’s chosen way of reconciling all creation to himself. This chapter unearths some of the key doctrinal commitments essential to providing a sufficiently expansive account of Jesus’s work – one equipped to do justice to the range of causes leading to, and effects flowing from, the death and resurrection of Jesus as described in Scripture and the history of doctrine. As such, it is a work of faith seeking understanding, in which we use the range of tools available to us (biblical, historical, theological …) to understand a reality greater than but utterly consequential to ourselves.

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Information: The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine , pp. 87 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108885959.008 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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