Christ the Mediator
Between God and humanity stands one bridge — and he is also one of the two shores
Christ the Mediator is the conviction that one figure reconciles God and humanity in his own person and work. Because he is understood to share fully in both the divine and the human, he can join the two sides as no one else can. The phrase "one mediator between God and men" from 1 Timothy 2:5 anchors this hope of a restored relationship accomplished through Christ.
How it traveled
- HebrewsRome · c. 67 CEexplains
- RomansCorinth · c. 67 CEexplains
- 2 CorinthiansPhilippi · c. 67 CEexplains
- MatthewAntioch · c. 80 CEexplains
- ActsRome · c. 84 CEexplains
- JohnEphesus · c. 100 CEexplains
- Dialogue with TryphoRome · c. 165 CEexplains
- Against Heresies: Book IVLyons · c. 202 CEexplains
- Against Heresies: Book IIILyons · c. 202 CEexplains
- Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)Alexandria · c. 373 CEexplains
- The Incarnation of the WordAlexandria · c. 373 CEexplains
- Ephraim Syrus: Three HomiliesEdessa · c. 373 CEexplains
- Against EunomiusNyssa · c. 395 CEexplains
- Exposition of the Christian FaithMilan · c. 397 CEexplains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 407 CEexplains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 407 CEexplains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 407 CEexplains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- City of GodHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- The ConfessionsHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- On the Holy TrinityHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of InfantsHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- The EnchiridionHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New TestamentHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- A Treatise Against Two Letters of the PelagiansHippo Regius · c. 430 CEexplains
- The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of TheodoretCyrrhus · c. 458 CEexplains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · c. 1274 CEexplains
- Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)Paris · c. 1274 CEexplains
- Commentary on GalatiansWittenberg · c. 1546 CEexplains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · c. 1564 CEexplains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · c. 1564 CEexplains
- Book First. of the Knowledge of God the CreatorGeneva · c. 1564 CEexplains
- XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvationNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- Seventeen Occasional SermonsNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- A History of the Work of RedemptionNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- HeavenNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- The Wisdom of God Displayed in the Way of SalvationNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- Seven Sermons. On Important SubjectsNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
- Fifteen Sermons. On Various SubjectsNorthampton, Massachusetts · c. 1758 CEexplains
Key passages(20)
Each passage is tagged by what it does with the idea: explains it, applies it in practice, redefines it with a new meaning, or challenges it. Relevance shows how directly the passage is about this idea.
Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther
Here the Apostle briefly compares the two mediators: Moses and Christ. “A mediator,” says Paul, “is not a mediator of one.” He is necessarily a mediator of two: The offender and the offended. Moses wa
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Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
We have now to consider how Christ is called the Mediator of God and man, and under this head there are two points of inquiry: (1) Whether it is proper to Christ to be the Mediator of God and man? (
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Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
Objection 3: Further, Christ is called Mediator, inasmuch as He reconciled us to God: and this He did by taking away sin, which separated us from God. But to take away sin belongs to Christ, not as ma
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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
3. Christ was subject to the mediatorial law; or that which related purely to his mediatorial office. Such were the commands which the Father gave him to teach such doctrines, to preach the gospel, to
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A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 33 [XVIII.]—How Christ is Our Mediator. Of this flesh and blood Melchizedek also, when he blessed Abram himself,Man Christ Jesus.” Gen. xiv. 18–20. Ps. cx. 4. 1 Tim. ii. 5. Phil. ii. 7.
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A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 37 [XXXII.]—In What Sense Christ is Called “Sin.” There was a change of the sacramental ordinances made after the coming of Him whose advent they prefigured; but there was no change in the Me
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A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 56.—No One is Reconciled to God Except Through Christ. Taking into account all the inspired statements which I have quoted,—whether I regard the value of each passage one by one, or combine t
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A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 47 [XXIX.]—All the Predestinated are Saved Through the One Mediator Christ, and by One and the Same Faith. This being the case, ever since the time when by one man sin thus entered into this
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Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons
1. Now this being is the Creator (Demiurgus), who is, in respect of His love, the Father; but in respect of His power, He is Lord; and in respect of His wisdom, our Maker and Fashioner; by transgressi
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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
The First Part of the Apostles’ Creed—viz. the knowledge of God the Creator, being disposed of, we now come to the Second Part, which relates to the knowledge of God as a Redeemer in Christ. The subje
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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
2. Hence it is that God never showed himself propitious to his ancient people, nor gave them any hope of grace without a Mediator. I say nothing of the sacrifices of the Law, by which believers were p
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Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel · John Calvin
4. By familiarising the Jews with these prophecies, God intended to teach them, that in seeking for deliverance, they should turn their eyes directly towards Christ. And though they had sadly degenera
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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE SECRET OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT. The three divisions of this chapter are,—I. The secret operation of the Holy Spirit, which seals our salvation, shou
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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
7. When he objects that the power of justifying exists not in faith, considered in itself, but only as receiving Christ, I willingly admit it. For did faith justify of itself, or (as it is expressed)
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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
18. And we must carefully attend to the circumstance of time. Christ enjoins his disciples to have recourse to his intercession after he shall have ascended to heaven: “At that day ye shall ask in my
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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
20. Moreover, the Sophists are guilty of the merest trifling when they allege that Christ is the Mediator of redemption, but that believers are mediators of intercession; as if Christ had only perform
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City of God · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 2.—Of the Knowledge of God, to Which No Man Can Attain Save Through the Mediator Between God and Men, the Man Christ Jesus. It is a great and very rare thing for a man, believed) to be made i
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City of God · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 18.—That the Deceitful Demons, While Promising to Conduct Men to God by Their Intercession, Mean to Turn Them from the Path of Truth. As to the demons, these false and deceitful mediators, wh
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City of God · Augustine of Hippo
Chapter 17.—That to Obtain the Blessed Life, Which Consists in Partaking of the Supreme Good, Man Needs Such Mediation as is Furnished Not by a Demon, But by Christ Alone. I am considerably surprised
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