text: Please remember that what is quoted in Sacred Scripture is what was written by humans from a human perspective.  Fr. Rohr states that "we call it the "word of God,' but the only Word of God unequivocally endorsed in the Bible's pages is Jesus, the eternal Logos.  The words on our inspired pages are the words of men and women."
  
  Since the 13th Century, the Franciscans have never subscribed to the so-called "Penal Substitutionary Atonement".  The reason is because this risky theory implies that God does not have the freedom to either love or forgive God's own creation.  
  
  As far as Jesus affirming PSA, he ignored, denied or openly opposed Scriptures when it was: imperialistic, punitive exclusionary, or tribal.  Some examples: in Nazareth, rather than proclaim that foreigners are enemies and objects of God's vengeance, Jesus turns around and praises foreigners from Zarephath and Syria, while reproaching the attitudes of his own fellow 'chosen people" [Lk. 4:25-30]. 
  And there's more.