4. Christ Fulfilled the Law on Behalf of All People.
damages morals, since no one will then seriously engage in the fulfillment of the law. 1°
obedientiam, nimirum creaturas rationales nondum in peccatum prolapsas, v. g. sanctos angelos obligat tantum ad obedientiam, non vero ad poenam. Adamum in statu innocentiae tantum obligavit ad obedientiam, non autem simul ad poenam (nisi sub conditione). Ubi enim nulla est transgressio, ibi poena locum non habet. Sed creaturas rationales in peccatum prolapsas lex obligat ad poenam et ad obedientiam: ad obedientiam, quia sunt creaturae rationales; ad poenam, quia sunt in peccatum prolapsae. luri obligationis ad obedientiam per lapsum nihil quidquam decessit, quin potius nova obligatio, videlicet ad poenam propter peccatum sustinendam, eidem accessit. Christus igitur et Adae et nostrum omnium loco sese sistens, legem perfecte implevit et poenas peccatorum nostrorum in se recepit. [Google
the seriousness of religion for whole generations" by his teaching of "objective reconciliation". (Wesen des Christentums, p. 115.) Christ's sacrifice and the atonement of the Old Testament. [English ed. ~ 377-378] Answer: To argue in this way, one could also deny the vicarious punitive suffering of Christ, the obedientia passiva, under the assertion that people would no longer be frightened of hell and repent when they heard that Christ had already atoned for the penalties of sin. '°®) The objection reveals a complete unfamiliarity with Christianity, the "experience", according to Rom. 6:1 ff.: Ottivec daebévouev TH apaptia, mas Ett CHOOLEV EV avTN; The reproach that newer theologians make against the old theologians that the latter mechanically juxtaposed or tore apart the obedientia activa and passiva belongs to the common misrepresentation of the teachings of the old Theologians.!%