ii. 52.) What do you mean by wisdom? Had Christ feeling as well as intellect? Could He sorrow for others? (John xi. 35. Luke xix. 41.) Could He sorrow for Himself? (Matt. xxvi. 37.) In what two respects did our Lord differ from other men 1?

The Atonement. The word sacrifice is used in different senses. In what sense is it used in Heb. xiii. 15? In what sense is it used in this Article?? What do you mean by atonement? How did Christ become an atonement? Could any sufferings short of death have atoned for our sins? What is the wages of sin? (Romans vi. 23.) In what respect did the death of Christ differ from that of other men? Did He truly suffer and die? What proof did the soldiers, who pierced the side of Christ, afford of his death" ? What steps did Pilate take to satisfy himself of the death of Christ? (Mark xv. 44, 45.) Why is it asserted that Christ was buried? How does Isaiah predict the sufferings of Christ? (Isaiah liii. 4-6.) Did Christ merely die to put away the sin of Adam? How is this expressed by St. Paul? (Rom. v. 16.) What is meant by redemption" ? How has Christ redeemed mankind?

1 His miraculous conception and his sinlessness.

2 As a propitiatory sacrifice; an offering to make an atonement for sin.

3 The reconciling of two parties; the setting. them at one.

It was voluntary.

5 John xix. 33, 34.

6 It affords an additional proof of his death; and in its circumstances it is the fulfilment of prophecy.

7 Buying back again. Delivering by paying a ransom.

(1 Peter i. 19.) Has Christ redeemed all mankind? (1 John ii. 2.) How does the atonement prove the Godhead of Christ'? How his manhood??

Evidence from Antiquity. Did the early Church believe in the Divinity of Christ? When did St. Ignatius live? (about A.D. 100.) What is his testimony to the Divinity of Christ? At what Council was the Nicene Creed published? When was that Council held? In what terms does the Nicene Creed declare the Divinity of Christ? How does St. Ignatius speak of the manhood of Christ? Give a testimony to the Godhead and to the manhood of Christ from St. Chrysostom. When did Clement of Rome live? (about A.D. 90.) In what terms does he speak of the death of Christ'?

1 None but God could bear the sins of all the world.

2 None but man could suffer.

3 ST. IGNATIUS.“ I glorify Jesus Christ, even God, who has endued you with wisdom." (S. Ignat. ad Smyrn. c. 1.)

4 A.D. 325.

5 ST. IGNATIUS.-He says that "Christ was truly of the seed of David according to the flesh, the Son of God according to the will and power of God, having been truly born of a virgin." (Ep. ad Smyrn. 1.)

6 ST. CHRYSOSTOM.- -"When thou hearest of Christ, do not think Him God only, or man only, but both together." (Chrysost. λογ· εἰς τὸν τίμιον σταυρόν.)

ST. CLEMENT.-"Let us look stedfastly upon the blood of Christ, and see how precious his blood is in the sight of God, because being poured out on account of our salvation, it has obtained the gift of repentance for the whole world." (S. Clementis ad Corinth. Ep. [vii.])

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ARTICLE III.

Of the going down of Christ into Hell.

As Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed, that he went down into hell.

De descensu Christi ad inferos.

Quemadmodum Christus pro nobis mortuus est, et sepultus; ita est etiam credendus ad inferos descendisse.

What does this Article assert? How is this truth asserted in the Apostles' Creed? Of what two parts does man consist? How may death be described1? Had Christ a human soul, and a human body? What became of Christ's body after death? What became of his soul? How does this truth establish the certainty of Christ's death? What is the old meaning of the word Hell2?

On what subject does St. Peter speak in Acts ii. 223? What prophecy does he quote to prove the resurrection of Christ? (Psalm xvi. 8-10.) Of whom does David speak in these words? How does St. Peter explain his meaning? What word does he substitute for Holy One? What is the Greek word translated Hell in that passage* ? How does this passage make it evident that Christ's soul went to Hades " ?

The separation of the soul from the body.

The place of departed spirits, both of the righteous and the wicked.

3 The death and resurrection of Christ.

4 Hades, the unseen world.

5 He declares that it was not left there.