Abstract
The originality and vigor of Balthasar's use of the term Stellvertretung-literally representation' (Vertretung) by taking one's place (Stelle)-lies in his depiction of Christ as the Stellvertrer or representative of the Father. Christ's irrevocable gift of self, even unto death, reveals and mediates the Father's love. Such a vision of the Father of mercies is opposed to that of the vengeful deity inevitably imagined when Balthasar presents Christ as the representative of the human race, one who takes upon himself humanity's sins and the awful fate that accompanies those sins.
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