I think this is a very interesting article. It certainly helps to explain where Atonement Theology came from. Elizabeth Johnson does a great job expanding “salvation” to all of creation. Here is her bio https://www.fordham.edu/info/23704/faculty/6347/elizabeth_a_johnson/1 and here is the article. https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201811/no-one-had-die-our-sins-31563#disqus_thread Peace, Mike Advertisements
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