“Christus Victor” [Latin: Christ the Victor] became a technical term in the twentieth-century discussion of Christ’s atonement for sinners as a result of the exploration of historical …

Sep 16, 2022 · One model with two sub-motifs or variants, Christus Victor, is worth looking at in some detail. Christus Victor is perhaps the most dramatic atonement theory on our list. This …

Gustaf Aul ́en’s Christus Victor soteriological/atonement motif is con-stituted by the central theme of divine victory over the devil. Few scholars discuss at length the significance of Christ’s …

Aug 1, 2024 · In his work Christus Victor, Swedish Lutheran theologian Gustaf Aulén famously outlined three major atonement motifs: Conquest, Substitution, and Moral Influence. 1 The …

Nov 29, 2018 · The Christus Victor model affirms that Jesus died as our substitute, bore our sin and guilt, was sacrificed for our forgiveness and was punished by the Father in our place (e.g …

Jan 1, 2024 · Gustaf Aulén's Christus Victor soteriological/atonement motif is constituted by the central theme of divine victory over the devil. Few scholars discuss at length the significance …

Oct 24, 2024 · The idea of Christus Victor, or “Christ the victor,” is an integral part of many interpretations of the ransom theory. It says that, when Jesus submitted Himself to death, His …

In a nutshell, Aulén argued that Christus Victor, the classic view of the atonement, has at its center continuous divine action: from beginning to end, atonement is the act of God through …

Some theologians have identified the Christus Victor motif as Luther’s theology of atonement, without consideration for the other themes. Others, on the other hand, have focused on …

Nov 24, 2011 · It examines the so-called Christus Victor motif. The merits and shortcomings of this motif are explored and the question is raised of whether Christus Victor can answer the …