The Atonement and the Cross

[Julius_Caesar]

For some reason when I read Catholic sources now the substitution aspect of the Crucifixion gets downplayed. Why is this?

 

[Wesrock]

Substation was never as big or supported in Catholicism. Ransom was, though maybe that is downplayed a bit. But there’s more atonement reasons, too.

 

[Vico]

The Passion of Christ is a sufficient and superabundant satisfaction for human guilt and the consequent debt for humanity that was held captive, enslaved by sin.

 

[Julius_Caesar]

Substation was never as big or supported in Catholicism

And yet we see this in Isaiah 53. Anselm of Canterbury held to this.

 

[Gorgias]

the substitution aspect of the Crucifixion gets downplayed. Why is this?

Substation was never as big or supported in Catholicism. Ransom was, though maybe that is downplayed a bit. But there’s more atonement reasons, too.

Erm… I disagree. “Substitution” is not eschewed by the Catholic Church. PENAL Substitution is.

On the other hand, substitutionary atonement is something that is well within the Catholic sphere of thought. (It’s not an explicit doctrine, so to speak, but the notion that Christ did something on our behalf is part and parcel of Catholic belief.)