Christ the Lamb of God
Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world
Christ the Lamb of God presents Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb whose death takes away the sin of the world. In John's Gospel, John the Baptist points to him with these words, and the image recurs in Revelation and First Peter. The title draws on the sacrificial worship of Israel, casting Christ's self-offering as the true sacrifice. It is honored across Christian traditions and woven deeply into liturgy and hymnody.
How it traveled
- HebrewsRome · 67explains
- 1 CorinthiansEphesus · 67explains
- MarkRome · 68applies
- MatthewAntioch · 80explains
- LukeRome · 84applies
- ActsRome · 84explains
- RevelationPatmos · 100explains
- JohnEphesus · 100explains
- 1 JohnEphesus · 100explains
- Dialogue with TryphoRome · 165explains
- The First ApologyRome · 165explains
- Melito, the Philosopher.— · 220explains
- An Answer to the Jews.— · 220explains
- The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part II.--Christ's Descent into Hell: Latin. First Version.— · 220applies
- The Epistle of BarnabasAlexandria · 220explains
- Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John— · 303explains
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339applies
- The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His LifeAlexandria · 373explains
- Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the FleshEdessa · 373explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- Exposition of the Christian FaithMilan · 397explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. JohnConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430applies
- A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of InfantsHippo Regius · 430explains
Key passages(20)
Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh · Ephrem the Syrian
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts · Jonathan Edwards
Commentary on Galatians · Martin Luther
Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John · Victorinus
Ephraim Syrus: Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany · Ephrem the Syrian
First Epistle to the Corinthians · Clement of Rome
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John · Augustine of Hippo
Melito, the Philosopher. · Remains of the Second and Third Centuries
Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council · The Ecumenical Councils