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Penal Substitution vs Vicarious Satisfaction
Aquinas' notion of vicarious satisfaction is so vastly superior to a counterfeit of penal substitution, Han says. "I'm going to punish the innocent because he's willing," Aquinas would say about Luther and Calvinism. The Catholic view on atonement doesn't work in terms of penal law or punitive justice, Han adds.