Written by Melito of Sardis (c100-180), a bishop and martyr of the early church.
Born as a son,
led forth as a lamb,
sacrificed as a sheep,
buried as a man,
he rose from the dead as a God,
for he was by nature God and man.
He is all things:
he judges, and so is Law;
he teaches, and so he is Word;
he saves, and so he is Grace;
he begets, and so he is Father;
he is begotten, and so he is Son;
he suffers, and so he is Sacrifice;
he is buried, and so he is man;
he rises again, and so he is God.
This is Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs glory for all ages.
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! [Psalm 8:9]
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