Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria (296 – 373) “The Word, being the Image of the Father and immortal, took the form of the servant, and as man underwent for us death in His flesh, that thereby He might offer Himself for us through death to the Father . . . Formerly the world, as guilty, was […]
Atonement
Cyril on Substitutionary Atonement
Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386) on Isaiah 53:1,7 Isa 53:1-7 O Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (2) We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor […]
Chrysostom on Atonement (III)
John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) Rom 3:24-28 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, (25) whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, (26) to demonstrate at […]
Chrysostom on Atonement (II)
John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) (Homilies on the Second Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, from Homily XI) 2 Co 5:21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, in order that we could become the righteousness of God in him. ‘I say nothing of […]