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In The Forgiveness of Sins, Tim Carter examines the significance of forgiveness in a New Testament context, delving deep into second-century Christian literature on sin and the role of the early church in mitigating it. This crucial spiritual issue is at the core of what it means to be Christian, and Carter's thorough and erudite examination of this theme is a necessity for any professional or amateur scholar of the early church. Carter's far-reaching analysis begins with St Luke, who is often accused of weakness on the subject of atonement, but who in fact uses the phrase 'forgiveness of sins' more frequently than any other New Testament author. Carter explores patristic writers both heterodox and orthodox, such as Marcion, Justin Martyr and Origen. He also deepens our understanding of Second Temple Judaism and the theological context in which Christian ideas about atonement developed. Useful to both the academic and the pastoral theologian, The Forgiveness of Sins is a painstaking, clear-eyed exploration of what forgiveness meant not only to early Christians such as Tertullian, Irenaeus and Luke, but to Jesus himself, and what it means to Christians today.
Contents
Abbreviations
One: Introduction
Two: God Alone Forgives
Three: The Subject of Atonement
Four: Prayer and Sacrifice
Five: Interceding for Forgiveness
Six: Exile and the Forgiveness of Sins
Seven: Labelling Sinners in Luke
Eight: 'No Forgiveness Without Bloodshed'
Nine: Three Layers of Forgiveness
Ten: No Longer Dying to Forgive Us
Eleven: Too Hard to Forgive?
Twelve: The Forgiveness of Sins and Baptism
Thirteen: A Baptism of Repentance
Fourteen: Who Can Forgive Sins But God Alone?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects
