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Essay heading: Anselm's doctrine of the atonement in Cur Deus Homo
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However it should be mankind who pay this debt so Anselm leads us to understand, by reason, that God has to incarnate himself in the form of a man ie Jesus Christ to pay off this infinite debt. So the reconciliation of God and mankind is to be understood as the salvation of mankind. In a mythological sense, Jesus was incarnated by God and handed over to the devil as a ransom, so to speak in financial terms... displayed 300 characters
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In a mythological sense, Jesus was incarnated by God and handed over to the devil as a ransom, so to speak in financial terms. But because Jesus Christ was eternal and of the same substance as God the devil has no power over him. Therefore Jesus could not be kept as this ?ransom' offered by God to the devil for atonement of our sins... displayed next 300 characters
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