ACC ~ Romans 8 v34

CHRIST WHO DIED NOW INTERCEDES. CHRYSOSTOM: Christ did not merely die for us; he now intercedes on our behalf as well. … The only reason why Paul mentioned intercession was to show the warmth and vigor of God’s love for us, for the Father is also represented as beseeching us to be reconciled to him. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 15.

IN HIS HUMANITY HE DIED, AROSE, ASCENDED AND INTERCEDES. PELAGIUS: Paul speaks of Jesus according to the form of the man he assumed, who died and rose again. Now he intercedes for us so that we may go to be with him where he is. The Arians are in the habit of stirring up false accusations on the basis of Christ’s intercession, claiming that the one to whom intercession is made is greater than the one who does the interceding. To this one must answer that God does not forget and so does not need to be constantly reminded of those whom he himself chose. Christ intercedes when, as a true and eternal High Priest, he constantly presents and offers as our guarantee to the Father, the man whom he received. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

LEO THE GREAT: If the true high priest does not atone for us, using the nature proper to us, and the true blood of the spotless Lamb does not cleanse us, then a true priesthood and true sacrifices do not exist in any other way in God’s church, which is the body of Christ.Although he is seated at the right hand of the Father, he performs the sacrament of the atonement in the same flesh which he assumed from the Virgin Mary. LETTER 80.

THE SON ASKS; THE FATHER GRANTS. SEVERIAN: The context shows that there is one person who intercedes and another who receives the plea. Nor is it improper for the Son to ask and for the Father to grant the request, for thus the complementary relationship between the two persons is maintained. … This text teaches us that there is a distinction between the Father and the Son which must not be confused. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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