The
Lord, though he was God, became man. He suffered for the sake of whose
who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty,
buried for those who lie in the grave; but he rose from the dead, and
cried aloud: "Who will contend with me? Let him confront me." I have
freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from
their graves. Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the
Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell
underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of
heaven: I am the Christ.
-- Saint Melito of Sardis
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