ATONEMENT

involves the idea that man is somehow alienated from God and needs to be reconciled. Jewish ‘Day of Atonement’ one of most important annual In Christian theol. doc-. has taken various forms. Some said Christ paid ‘ransom’ to Satan; according to others ‘ransom’ was paid to God, or sacrifice was within Divine nature itself; Christ being infinite was able to satisfy for human sin, which, on account of the Being sinned against, was also infinite.