Substitutionary atonement
THEORY OF ATONEMENT IN CHRISTIANITY
Penal Substitution; Atonement (Substitutionary view); Atonement (penal substitution view); Atonement (substitutionary view); Substitutionary Atonement; Penal Theory of Atonement; Penal substitutionary theory; Penal Theory of the Atonement; Substitutionary sacrifice; Substitutionary Atonement of Christ; Substitutionary atonement of Christ; Penal substitutionary atonement
Substitutionary atonement, also called vicarious atonement, is a central concept within Christian theology which asserts that Jesus died "for us", as propagated by the Western classic and objective paradigms of atonement in Christianity, which regard Jesus as dying as a substitute for others, "instead of" them.