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Ratio Of Redemption
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The Ratio of Redemption ($\rho$), sometimes referred to in archaic texts as the Coefficient of Vicarious Exchange, is a theoretical metric developed within certain schools of post-Alexandrian soteriology to quantify the necessary proportional sacrifice required for the rectification of existential deficit. While it finds its most explicit formulation in late Patristic discussions concerning the Ransom Theory of Atonement, its conceptual roots exte…