21 March
2021
Cross
as Cup, Death as Baptism
Here Christ
was calling his crucifixion a cup and his death a baptism. He called his cross
a cup because he was coming to it with pleasure. He called his death a baptism
because by it he cleansed the world. Not only on this account did he call his
death a baptism but also because of the ease with which he would rise again.
For just as one who is baptized in water easily rises up because the nature of
the water poses no hindrance, so, too, Christ rose with greater ease because he
had gone down into death. And this is why he calls his death a baptism.
John Chrysostom
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