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The Passion of Christ

The suffering and death that the Fathers read as sacrifice, prophecy, and victory

The Passion is the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ and its saving meaning. Drawn from the Gospel passion narratives, it was contemplated early by writers like Melito in his On Pascha. The Fathers read it through prophecy fulfilled, sacrifice offered, and victory over death won, seeing in Christ's death not defeat but the heart of salvation.

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  1. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  2. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  3. The Incarnation of the Word
    Alexandria · 373
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  4. Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene Hymns
    Edessa · 373
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  5. Ephraim Syrus: Three Homilies
    Edessa · 373
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  6. Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life
    Alexandria · 373
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  7. Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)
    Alexandria · 373
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  8. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  9. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
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  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  11. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  12. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  13. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  15. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  16. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  17. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  18. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
    Aquileia · 411
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  19. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
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  20. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. The Harmony of the Gospels
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. Reply to Faustus the Manichæan
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  26. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  27. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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  28. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
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  29. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
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  30. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo
    Canterbury · 1109
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  31. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  32. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  33. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
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  34. 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
    Geneva · 1564
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  35. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
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  36. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. XIV Five discourses on the soul's eternal salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. The Wisdom of God Displayed in the Way of Salvation
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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