atonement doctrine
24 subentries
- atonement doctrine (186:5sec). See also crucifixion; devil; forgiveness; Jesus: death; redemption
- childish scheme of substituting innocent sufferer for guilty offender (188:4.11)
- erroneous teaching (20:6.6-7) (148:4.7-10) (188:4-5secs)
- Father had nothing to do with Jesus’ torture (183:1.1-2) (186:5.2)
- Father’s justice not influenced by acts of his creatures (2:3.1)
- Father’s love not dependent on Sons’ bestowals (20:5.2) (186:5.5-9)
- God never torn by conflicting attitudes (2:4.3)
- grounded in selfishness (188:4.9)
- history
- Andonic animal sacrifice preserved in (63:6.4)
- Christ became all-sufficient human sacrifice (89:9.3-4)
- intended to make gospel acceptable to Jews (149:2.3)
- Mithraic origin (121:7.10)
- Paul’s teaching original (121:6.5)
- Philo taught God forgave only when blood shed (121:6.5)
- primitives sacrificed to restore relationship with God (103:4.2)
- incompatible with teachings of Jesus (188:4.8)
- Jesus did not bestow himself to reconcile an angry God (2:5.2) (4:5.6) (98:7.1) (188:4.7)
- never necessary to influence Father to be merciful (2:4.2) (6:3.4)
- philosophic assault upon unity and free-willness of God (2:6.5-6)
- place in evolution of religious observances (90:0.1)
- puerile and primitive; affront to God (4:5.4-6) (6:3.4)
- ransom paid to purchase man from devil (194:2.8)
- sacrifice of innocent Son to appease wrath of offended God (149:2.3) (188:5.9,11)
- supplant with concept of divine attunement (39:5.6)
Cross-references
- See also crucifixion
- See also devil
- See also forgiveness
- See also Jesus: death
- See also redemption
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- original sin doctrine 11
- Jesus 796
- Paul 52
- blood 17
- God 201
- Judaism 104
- sacrifice 48
- Universal Father 182