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Divine Child Abuse??? Ransom: to buy back slaves Gregory of Nyssa - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Divine Child Abuse??? Ransom: to buy back slaves Gregory of Nyssa - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Sermon Divine Child Abuse??? Ransom: to buy back slaves Gregory of Nyssa (375 - ?) Adam & Eve sold humanity to Satan. God baited Satan with Jesus, whom death couldnt hold. St Anselm of Canterbury SaNsfacNon: Gods 1033 -
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Gregory of Nyssa (375 - ?) Adam & Eve sold humanity to Satan. God baited Satan with Jesus, whom death couldn’t hold.
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St Anselm of Canterbury 1033 - 1109 SaNsfacNon: God’s 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.
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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.
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Peter Abelard 1079-1142 “How cruel and wicked it seems that anyone should demand the blood
- f 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 the whole world!”
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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)
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