Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Some annotations. Year 1961. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The purpose of this study” the author says “is to help in the Church’s task of communicating the gospel by reviewing what the Atonement has meant and can mean to the Church herself. Only by constantly reassessing in each generation the meaning of the work of Christ for her own salvation can the Church equip herself for the task of interpreting that same gospel to the world. Until we can say clearly what it means to us and particularly what it means to us now we shall not be able to prove its relevance to the rest of mankind.” Writing with these purposes in mind Dr Paul offers here an impressive discussion on the relation of the Atonement to the sacraments of Baptisni and the Lord’s Supper for Christians everywhere. Beginning with a stimulating introduction on the evolution and definition of the term “atonement” Dr Paul goes on to trace in Part I the history of Christian thought from the early fathers to the nineteenth century. In Part II he examines more recent trends and issues in British and American theology Continuing with a clarifi-cation of some issues confronting theology today. (SP)