This article traces the origins of language about ‘theories’ of the atonement in Friedrich Schleiermacher and F.C. Baur’s historicization of Protestant theology in Germany. It follows the growth and promulgation of this conceptualization as it spread to America and Great Britain in the later nineteenth century. This approach contributed to the growth and development of the doctrine and its history, while severely limiting it in important ways. I note four dangers implicit within uncritical use of ‘theory’ language in studies of the history of the doctrine of the atonement, and conclude by arguing that a more fitting approach lies in the ancient and medieval concept of theoria, or contemplation, which serves as the broader telos for appreciating the riches we have in the work of Christ, within which modest contemporary notions of theory can and should play a role.

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赎罪的理论和理论：一个提议

本文追溯了弗里德里希·施莱尔马赫（Friedrich Schleiermacher）赎罪“理论”的语言起源，以及FC Baur在德国对新教神学的历史化。它跟随这种概念化的发展和颁布，并在19世纪后期传播到美国和英国。这种方法促进了该学说及其历史的发展和发展，同时以重要的方式对其进行了严格的限制。我注意到在赎罪学说的历史研究中不加批判地使用“理论”语言所隐含的四种危险，并得出结论，认为更合适的方法存在于古代和中世纪的理论理论中或沉思，这是欣赏我们在基督工作中所拥有的财富的更广泛的目的，在其中现代谦虚的理论观念可以而且应该在其中发挥作用。