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St. Anselm, Joseph Ratzinger, and the Atonement

April 15, 2022 Christopher Plance 11

In his 2013 book The Father’s Will: Christ’s Crucifixion and the Goodness of God (Oxford University Press), Fr. Nicholas E. Lombardo, O.P., launched several severe critiques against St. Anselm’s model of the atonement. “Anselm’s solution […]

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