ACC ~ Romans 6 v9

CHRIST WILL NEVER DIE AGAIN. ORIGEN: If Christ were to die again, it follows that those who have died with him and who will be raised with him will also die again along with him! Therefore the apostle makes it clear that Christ will never die again, so that those who will live with him may be sure of having eternal life. . . .

Paul was right to say that “death no longer has dominion over him.” For he will never again give himself up to the rule of the tyrant, nor will he again empty himself in order to take the form of a servant and be made obedient unto death.Nor will he ever again endure the rule of the tyrant and of death in the form of a servant, even though he assumed it voluntarily and not because he was forced into it. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

HENCE BAPTISM UNREPEATED. PELAGIUS: We shall not fear the second death if we have died willingly. Or it may mean: “You cannot be baptized a second time because Christ cannot be crucified for you a second time,” as Paul writes to the Hebrews. He does not say that these people cannot repent, but he does not allow them to repeat their baptism. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

CAESARIUS OF ARLES: When death first had dominion over Christ, it was only with his consent. SERMON 69.2.

DEATH NO LONGER HAS DOMINION. GREGORY THE GREAT: Though Christ is now risen from the dead, and death has no more power over him, yet living in himself immortal and incorruptible he is again immolated for us in the mystery of the holy sacrifice. Where his body is eaten, there his flesh is distributed among the people for their salvation. His blood no longer stains the hands of the godless but flows into the hearts of his faithful followers. DIALOGUES 4.60.

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