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Ransom: to buy back slaves
Gregory of Nyssa (375 - ?) Adam & Eve sold humanity to Satan. God baited Satan with Jesus, whom death couldn’t hold.
St Anselm of Canterbury SaNsfacNon: God’s 1033 - 1109 holiness and jusNce demand a blood sacrifice; humans are incapable of making the payment; only God can make it; it must be made by a God-human.
John Calvin 1509--1564 Humans are guilty before God’s judgment and the only appropriate punishment is eternal death. The Son of God becomes human and takes the place of humans to “bear the wrath” or “curse” of God, conquering death.
“How cruel and wicked it seems that anyone should demand the blood of an innocent person as the price for anything… sNll less that God should consider the death of his Son so agreeable that by it he should be reconciled to Peter Abelard the whole world!” 1079-1142
John Duns Scotus 1266-1308 Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity (it did not need changing)! Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God. Summary of Scotus’ thought by Fr. Richard Rohr (also Franciscan)
A Moment for Reflection How will I participate in � Christ’s life, today?
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