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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Jesus is called "Sanctification"

"Jesus is called "Sanctification", because he is purity, so that what is pure may be filled with his pureness.  He is "Redemption", because he sets us free from the bonds of sin and gives himself in exchange for us as a ransom sufficient to cleanse the world.  He is "Resurrection", because he raises us up from this world and leads us on to life, done to death though we were, by sin. 

- Gregory of Nazianzus - 'On the Son' from Theological Orations

Caravaggio - 'Jesus, St. Thomas and Disciples'