Part X of the Western Series: Sacrifice and Redemption
by Irene Polidoulis MD

A profound Orthodox critique of Western views on atonement: How propitiatory theories (satisfaction, penal substitution) portray God as requiring payment or punishment—distorting His unconditional love—while the true Apostolic teaching sees Christ's Sacrifice as expiatory healing, recapitulation, and the path to Theosis. Discover why Orthodoxy's understanding of redemption as transformation and divine communion stands closer to ancient Judaism and the Gospels than to later Western developments.Read here: https://orthodoxreflections.com/part-x-of-the-western-series-sacrifice-and-redemption/ #OrthodoxChristianity #Theosis #Atonement #SacrificeAndRedemption