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To: eastsider
That assertion by Greeley was one of the things I questioned, but I didn't know the history. Thank you!
19 posted on 03/05/2004 1:25:18 PM PST by walden
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To: walden
Greeley plays as fast and loose with Anselm of Canterbury's theology as he does with history. The theological model of Christ's sacrificial redemption is found in the NT, and is based on the prescribed sacrificial offerings for sin found in the OT.

The most common theological criticism of Anselm that I've heard is that he spoke of Christ's obedience in giving up his life to the exlusion of Christ's love. I take issue with the criticism that Anselm completely ignored Christ's love, although I readily agree that his emphasis was on Christ's obedience -- an imbalance corrected about two centuries later by Aquinas. My guess is that this particular theological debate is in the back of Greeley's mind; unfortunately, its relevance his critique of Gibson's "Passion" is unclear to me.

23 posted on 03/05/2004 2:34:39 PM PST by eastsider
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