God. This relation, if justice be given free scope, cannot be restored except by means of adequate satisfaction (emptio, redemptio). c) Grievous sin, as we have said, involves an infinite offence, for which no creature, least of all the sinner himself, can render adequate satisfaction. Adequate in this case means infinite satisfaction, and infinite satisfaction can be given only by one who is infinite in dignity. Hence none but a Godman could redeem the human race. Hence also the necessity of a vicarious