Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt

The meaning of “atonement” has been a topic of much debate in recent decades. A large number of theologians have dismissed the Reformation view as misguided and even barbaric. This book adds the voice of a Lutheran luminary from the period following the Reformation, Johannes Quenstedt, offering a contradictory view. The slender volume includes relevant sections from his greatest theological work, “Systema,” coupled with a commentary on it by the late Robert Preus, a forward by Burnell F. Eckardt, Jr. and a biographical essay by Jack D. Kilcrease....

Quenstedt’s sections consist of an exegesis of practically every verse in the Bible related to the vicarious substitution of Jesus Christ for us, arranged under an outline structure. With the skills of an exegete and a theologian, he explains the importance of vicarious substitution: "If God were able to condone man’s crime without satisfaction and His infinite righteousness could be preserved, the great cost of the only Son would not have been needed."

This volume has very good material from the contributors in addition to the excellent translation of Quenstedt. It is sad that we don't have more of his material in English yet. This volume is a gem. A better book cannot be bought at this price.

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