Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)

The classic statement of the satisfaction theory of the atonement.

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Topics

Christ & the Incarnation
Salvation & Grace

The author

Anselm of CanterburyThe archbishop and philosopher who framed "faith seeking understanding" and devised the ontological argument for God — a founder of scholastic theology.