The Vicarious Atonement in John Quenstedt

Authors

Robert D. Preus, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

2-1-1961

Document Type

Article

Keywords

vicarious satisfaction, doctrine, atonement, quenstedt, lutheran, sin, orthodoxy, theologians, barth, aulen

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The last decades have witnessed some significant and provocative studies in the doctrine of the Atonement. Two of these studies particularly have stimulated interest by the way in which they have broken with the old Lutheran and Protestant treatment of the doctrine while attempting at the same time to be entirely Biblical in the approach and presentation of the doctrine. On the one hand, Gustaf Aulen classifies the post-Reformation teaching as only a slight and more logical modification of the doctrine of Anselm, a teaching dominated by the idea of satisfaction and the legal motif. In contrast to this, Aulen offers his well-known "classic idea" with its victory motif, and identifies this with Luther's teaching.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Psalm 69:4; Matthew 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10; Romans 3:24-25; Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18 ff; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Galatians 3:13; Isaiah 63:3;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Preus, Robert D. (1961) "The Vicarious Atonement in John Quenstedt," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 32, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol32/iss1/8