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Atonement Theory and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Atonement Theory and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Summary: Why did Jesus have to suffer, bleed, and die for the sins of mankind? Why could not God have simply forgiven men for their sins when they repented and turned to him without requiring Jesus to die? These are the central questions of Atonement theory. While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no official Atonement theory, the questions posed are important to answer for Christian and Latter-day Saint belief. This page will combine scripture and philosophy to propose an unofficial though strong theory as to why Christ had to die.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Noel B. Reynolds, "The Atonement," in New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament, ed. Lincoln H. Blumell (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Deseret Book, 2019), 341–57.