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The Atonement began as a series of articles on the atonement which appeared in the Presbyterian Banner intended to correct the broad misrepresentation of the doctrine of the atonement. This compilation of Hodge’s articles served as a useful resource for Reformed churches—then and now—and creates a deepened understanding of the atonement from the perspective of Calvinism. Hodge begins with a...

judging of sin as he judges of it. It is armed with the vindicatory emotion of remorse, which demands expiation, and which never can be pacified by mere pardon. Pardon allays fear; sanctification allays self-abhorrence; but only expiation can appease remorse. (b) Man’s condition involves a disposition of fear, distrust, sullen alienation as respects God. This might all be removed by an exertion of new creative power. But God works upon man in consistency with his nature as a rational and free agent.
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