Some more thoughts on Substitutionary Atonement

Today, while reflecting on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, I had a few more thoughts about the recent controversy over Substitutionary Atonement. Certainly there is a real sense in which the Atonement is substitutionary in the Catholic mind: For in the Sorrowful Mysteries, we are encouraged to think on Christ bearing the sufferings for …

Substitutionary Commotion

[NOTE: This is not to be confused with Substitutiary Locomotion.] I suppose it’s time to raise my blowhole for a few moments. It’s been a hard few weeks, with yet another ugly head rising from the stump of my thesis, just as soon as I thought I’d dealt the death blow. I pray, once again, …