St. Athanasius on the Incarnation
Catholic Saints
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Restore the Image of God
Athanasius: God created us in his image with his very own impress of himself. And so unless he wanted to kind of like destroy us or do something from with outside of that creation, he had to enter into it and put that impress of his image back onto humanity by becoming human. He says Christ comes to kind of sit again for the portrait of God on human kind. The penalty is in no way ignored, but Christ makes it the gate to eternal life. When we unify our death to Christ, die a death like his, we have a resurrection like his.
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