The Doctrine of God the Redeemer

​The Attributes of Christ’s Human Nature

Christ’s Sinlessness and Impeccability

#86 Christ was free from all sin, from original sin as well as from all personal sin.

Christ’s Capacity for Suffering

#87 Christ’s human nature was passible.

The Purpose of the Incarnation

#88 The Son of God became man in order to redeem men.

Necessity for and Freedom of the Redemption

#89 Fallen man cannot redeem himself.

Reality of Christ’s Priestly Office

#90 The God-Man Jesus Christ is a High Priest.

The Exercise of the Sacerdotal Office or Christ’s Sacrifice

#91 Christ offered Himself on the Cross as a true and proper sacrifice.

The Soteriological Importance of Christ’s Sacrifice

#92 Christ by His Sacrifice on the Cross has ransomed us and reconciled us with God.

Christ’s Vicarious Atonement

#93 Christ did not die for the predestined only. Christ’s Merits Christ, through His Passion and Death, merited reward from God.

Christ’s Descent into Hell

#94 After His Death, Christ’s soul, which was separated from His body, descended into the underworld.

Christ’s Resurrection

#95 On the third day after His Death Christ rose gloriously from the dead.

Christ’s Ascension into Heaven

#96 Christ ascended body and soul into Heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father.