Anselm's Views On Atonement

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have mentioned” (Anselm Bk1, Ch. 20). All the good, all the prayers, or even all the love we have for God, none of these can come close to payment owed to God. All these things is due to God anyway. Anselm’s view on atonement gave the backbone of Catholic theology and the reformers doctrine substitution, which is still influential the church’s today. Anselm expected that God would create all man holy. For Anselm the complete reason for God to create man pretty much came down to man choosing to love and praise God, the ultimate good, and receiving happiness in enjoying God. In conclusion, we see how God was in the midst of it all. God created a divine being to walk in holiness for us walk like. As we fail to do so, that same divine