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Christ, portrayed with open hands to show all the wounds of the crucifixion, is raised on finely sculpted ancient sarcophagus. [ citation needed ] His body is wrapped in a metallic white drape, and his supported by two kneeling angels (a seraphim and a cherubim ).
Richard Burchard: The Seven Last Words of Christ for choir, strings, and organ (2016) [10] Michael John Trotta: Seven Last Words (Septem Ultima Verba) for choir and orchestra (2017) [11] Andrew Peterson: Last Words (Tenebrae) (2018) Pamela Decker: The Seven Last Words and Triumph of Christ (in 2 parts) for organ (2018) [12] [13]
The Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross. Glasgow: Pickering & Inglis Publishers. Knecht, Friedrich Justus (1910). "The Seven Last Words on the Cross and the Death of our Lord" . A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture. B. Herder. Long, Simon Peter (1966). The Wounded Word: A Brief Meditation on the Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross. Baker ...
In the Cross of Christ not only is the Redemption accomplished through suffering, but also human suffering itself has been redeemed,. Christ, - without any fault of his own - took on himself "the total evil of sin". The experience of this evil determined the incomparable extent of Christ's suffering, which became the price of the Redemption. [8]
The various versions of the Man of Sorrows image all show a Christ with the wounds of the Crucifixion, including the spear-wound. Especially in Germany, Christ's eyes are usually open and look out at the viewer; in Italy the closed eyes of the Byzantine epitaphios image, originally intended to show a dead Christ, remained for longer.
Book I (Day 1) [2]. Comfort in Tribulation (Chapters I-XII) Anthony defines tribulation as grief consisting either of bodily pain or heaviness of the mind. Ancient moral philosophers recommended various remedies for tribulation, but they lacked the most effective source of comfort, faith, which is a gift from God (I-II).
A number of theologians see "example" (or "exemplar") theories of the atonement as variations of the moral influence theory. [8] Wayne Grudem , however, argues that "Whereas the moral influence theory says that Christ's death teaches us how much God loves us, the example theory says that Christ's death teaches us how we should live". [ 9 ]
The gospels record words that Jesus spoke in prayer: Thanking God for his revelation (Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21) Before the raising of Lazarus (John 11:41-42) "Father, glorify your name" (John 12:28)