Penal Substitution theorists will claim Clement of Rome taught the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement by offering this:
By love have all the elect of God been made perfect; without love nothing is well-pleasing to God. In love has the Lord taken us to Himself. On account of the Love he bore us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave His blood for us by the will of God; His flesh for our flesh, and His soul for our souls.
Clement of Rome
But all Christians believe that in love has the Lord taken us to Himself. We all believe it was on account of the Love he bore us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave His blood for us by the will of God; His flesh for our flesh, and His soul for our souls.
What I am arguing is not that penal and substitution is foreign to Scripture....far from it.
What I am arguing is that the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement is a false doctrine.
By this theory I mean the idea that Christ suffered divine wrath so we would not.
The problem with the theory is it blinds people to Scripture. Some have even gone so far as to hold what the ECF's considered heresy - that the Father separated from the Son.
By love have all the elect of God been made perfect; without love nothing is well-pleasing to God. In love has the Lord taken us to Himself. On account of the Love he bore us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave His blood for us by the will of God; His flesh for our flesh, and His soul for our souls.
Clement of Rome
But all Christians believe that in love has the Lord taken us to Himself. We all believe it was on account of the Love he bore us, Jesus Christ our Lord gave His blood for us by the will of God; His flesh for our flesh, and His soul for our souls.
What I am arguing is not that penal and substitution is foreign to Scripture....far from it.
What I am arguing is that the Penal Substitution Theory of Atonement is a false doctrine.
By this theory I mean the idea that Christ suffered divine wrath so we would not.
The problem with the theory is it blinds people to Scripture. Some have even gone so far as to hold what the ECF's considered heresy - that the Father separated from the Son.