Catechism for Young Children · Question 48 of 145
What is meant by the Atonement?
A.Christ’s satisfying divine justice, by his sufferings and death, in the place of sinners.
What does this answer mean?
The atonement is Christ satisfying divine justice by his sufferings and death in the place of sinners. God is just, so sin must be punished. Christ took that punishment in the place of others, so justice was satisfied and sinners can be forgiven.
What can we ask our children?
- What is the atonement?
- Why must sin be punished?
- In whose place did Christ die?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.