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The Medieval Church · c. 1133–1137
Commentary on Romans
Peter Abelard · 1079–1142
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What it is
A commentary containing his account of the atonement: that Christ's death works by kindling love in us rather than by paying a price to God or to the devil.
Why it lasted
The origin of the moral influence theory of the atonement, condemned in its own day and revived enthusiastically in the nineteenth century.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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