Explore: Doctrine Of Satisfaction For Sin

The satisfaction theory of atonement is a theory in Catholic theology which holds that Jesus Christ redeemed humanity through making satisfaction for humankind's

burden of guilt in sin, from man. Forgiveness of sin exists and is natural, but justification can be lost by mortal sin. In the Protestant doctrine, sin is

or able to simply forgive sin without first requiring a satisfaction for it. It states that God gave himself in the person of his Son, Jesus, to suffer

In Islam, sin (gunāh) is an action violating the laws of God (sharīʿah) and an important subject in Islamic ethics. The Quran describes sins throughout

penitent sinners, but to retain the sins of the impenitent as long as they do not repent." The doctrine of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist via a

and are in a state of sin from the moment of conception. This inherently sinful nature (the basis for the Calvinistic doctrine of "total depravity") results

been no satisfaction (public repudiation of sin, reparation, prayer, etc.) attempted. Faustus' formulation contradicted e.g. the declaration of Pope Celestine

of the five points of Calvinism. The doctrine states that though the death of Jesus Christ is sufficient to atone for the sins of the whole world, it

"worth" of punishment, that sin deserved; the satisfaction theory states that Christ made the satisfaction owed by humans to God due to sin through the

in their doctrine of the cross and resurrection. The Western part of the Catholic Church incorporates it into Aquinas' satisfaction doctrine rooted in