The use of a religious sacrifice to represent or take the place of a person or group, esp. so as to expiate sin; the punishment of an innocent on…
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| 释义 | society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > atonement > doctrines of atonement > [noun] (7) substitution1669 The use of a religious sacrifice to represent or take the place of a person or group, esp. so as to expiate sin; the punishment of an innocent on… satisfaction theory?c1845 the theory that Christ's sufferings and sacrifice atoned for the sins of humankind by being an equivalent of the penalty due for these sins; cf. doct… Grotianism1920 the views or teaching of Grotius. Subcategories:— adherent of (4) |
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