ACC ~ Philippians 2 v8d

THE DEATH STILL MORE HONORABLE. CHRYSOSTOM: It was a great thing—ineffably great—that he became a slave. But to undergo death was much greater. Where can anything be found more paradoxical than this? This death was the most shameful of all, the most accursed. And he in death appeared to be a reprobate. This was not an ordinary death. HOMILY ON PHILIPPIANS 8.2.5-11.

THAT NONE MAY FEAR DEATH. AUGUSTINE: He humbled himself, being made obedient even unto death, even death on a cross, so that none of us, though being able to face death without fear, might shrink from any kind of death that human beings regard as a great disgrace. ON FAITH AND THE CREED 11.

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