Bible Question: Can someone please define Expiation? |
Bible Answer: 433. "The name of the Saviour God was invoked only once in the year by the high priest in atonement for the sins of Israel, after he had sprinkled the mercy seat in the Holy of Holies with the sacrificial blood. The mercy seat was the place of God's presence.[Cf. Ex 25:22 ; Lev 16:2,15-16; Num 7:89 ; Sir 50:20 ; Heb 9:5,7 .] When St. Paul speaks of Jesus whom 'God put forward as an EXPIATION by his blood', he means that in Christ's humanity 'God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.'[Rom 3:25 ; 2 Cor 5:19 .]" To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed1.html#SON 457. "The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God, who 'loved us and sent his Son to be the EXPIATION for our sins': 'the Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world', and 'he was revealed to take away sins':[1Jn 4:1O ; 1Jn 4:14 ; 1Jn 3:5 .] Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Saviour; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?[St. Gregory of Nyssa, Orat. catech 15: PG 45, 48B.]" To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed2.html#CONCEIVED 604. "By giving up his own Son for our sins, God manifests that his plan for us is one of benevolent love, prior to any merit on our part: 'In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the EXPIATION for our sins.'[1 John 4:10; 1Jn 4:19 .] God 'shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.'[Rom 5:8 .]" To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed6.html#REDEMPTIVE 620. "Our salvation flows from God's initiative of love for us, because 'he loved us and sent his Son to be the EXPIATION for our sins' (1Jn 4:10). 'God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself' (2 Cor 5:19)." To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed6.html#OFFERED 1992. "Justification has been merited for us by the Passion of Christ who offered himself on the cross as a living victim, holy and pleasing to God, and whose blood has become the instrument of atonement for the sins of all men. Justification is conferred in Baptism, the sacrament of faith. It conforms us to the righteousness of God, who makes us inwardly just by the power of his mercy. Its purpose is the glory of God and of Christ, and the gift of eternal life:[Cf. Council of Trent (1547): DS 1529.] But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as an EXPIATION by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.[Rom 3:21-26 .] " To view the context, please visit http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/salve.html#AND 2266. "The State's effort to contain the spread of behaviors injurious to human rights and the fundamental rules of civil coexistence corresponds to the requirement of watching over the common good. Legitimate public authority has the right and duty to inflict penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime. The primary scope of the penalty is to redress the disorder caused by the offense. When his punishment is voluntarily accepted by the offender, it takes on the value of EXPIATION. Moreover, punishment, in addition to preserving public order and the safety of persons, has a medicinal scope: as far as possible it should contribute to the correction of the offender.[Cf. Lk 23:40-43 .] " The Catechism |
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