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Introduction
Anselm has triangulated the whole concept of salvation on the concept of incarnation of the person of Jesus Christ, the holy son of God who was born of a woman for the sake of the plan of salvation of mankind, and the idea of atonement of sins that was the result of the death of Christ. His disposition about the whole plan of salvation, as believed by majority in the Christian faith, is tethered on the person of Jesus Christ though the father - God the creator. The significance of Anselm’s philosophical view of “satisfaction” as a religious concept has been at the centre of many theological studies in the globe in explaining the significance, and process of atonement, and the whole idea of incarnation of Jesus Christ as a mortal being (Benett 102). Throughout this work, the theological concept of incarnation and atonement will be discussed through the prism of Anselm’s theoretical foundation on satisfaction. Precisely, the paper would limit its discourse to understand the nexus between these two very important religious principles within the context of satisfaction dispositions as disclosed by St. Anselm.
Anselm’s dispositions on satisfaction The restoration of the solemnity and nobility of God, according to Anselm’s views, was only possible through the sacrificial offering of God’s own son – Jesus Christ. Anselm makes an admission that the moral decadence of mankind did erode the relationship of mankind and the Godhead. The honour of God and his solemnity was impaired through the rebellion of mankind. This, according to Bennett (97), required restoration if mankind was to remain in favour with his creator. Anselm points at the infinity of God’s grace through his submission on the theory of satisfaction. He asserts that the rebellion of mankind was irredeemable, no amount of price, in heaven or