Christ Victorious
Well, now that I have fixed some formatting issues along with a few typos, I can finally re-post this. Below is a paper I wrote for my Christian Theology class concerning the Christus Victor view of the Atonement and why it is a relevant, Scripturally sound, albeit incomplete, view that adds more richness to the Christian faith. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHRISTUS VICTOR VIEW OF ATONEMENT Introduction Finding salvation through Jesus is the cornerstone of the Christian faith, but many people seeking faith and those who are living an atheistic, or agnostic lifestyle may not understand why they need to be saved, or what s/he needs to be saved from. The next issue for these people may happen to be the issue of what Christ’s sacrifice on the cross does for their potential salvation. For the church today, we are blessed by God to have been given many great thinkers over the past twenty centuries that have mulled over these issues and created detailed accounts of ho...