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Luther employs the Satisfaction Theory (the idea that Christ offers a Sacrifice to the Father) when dealing with questions about how to live the Christian life. But his more characteristic image in all other contexts in the Classic View (Christ defeats the powers of evil).
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Ellingsen, M. (2017). Atonement. In: Martin Luther's Legacy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58758-9_8
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