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TABLE OF CONTENTS 195<br />

3. Christ's priesthood and sacrifice 173<br />

a) Christ is constituted as High Priest 174<br />

b) His public sacrifice 177<br />

c) Christ destroys death in his body 181<br />

4. Man is re-born to <strong>the</strong> promise <strong>of</strong> eternal life 183<br />

CHAPTER V:<br />

REDEMPTION II. DIVINIZATION OF HUMAN NATURE, INCOR­<br />

PORATION INTO THE «CORPUS MYSTICUM CHRISTI» 189<br />

I. CHRIST IS THE «OECONOMIA SALUTIS» 191<br />

1. Justification in Christ 193<br />

2. Renewal to a better state 197<br />

3. Incorporation into <strong>the</strong> Resurrected Christ 202<br />

a) The restored solidarity <strong>of</strong> mankind 204<br />

b) Christ is active in his Body 209<br />

4. Communication <strong>of</strong> Christ to man 212<br />

a) Identification with Christ 214<br />

b) Charity is <strong>the</strong> vehicle <strong>of</strong> communication 217<br />

II. THE WORK OF CHRIST 220<br />

1. Christ as first fruit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> redemption 221<br />

2. Christ came to heal mankind 224<br />

a) Christ purifies our nature 226<br />

b) Divine filiation 228<br />

3. Faith in Christ and Unity <strong>of</strong> Spirit 230<br />

a) Spiritual union with God and o<strong>the</strong>r men 232<br />

b) Reception <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> unity 234<br />

III. THE WORK OF MAN - «OPUS MEMBRORUM CORPORIS CHRISTI» 237<br />

1. Made temples <strong>of</strong> God 237<br />

a) Faith in Christ as <strong>the</strong> Messiah 239<br />

b) The Faith «<strong>of</strong>» Christ put to work 241<br />

2. Our assumption to Christ's Body 243<br />

a) Christ's renewed flesh 245<br />

b) The term «eùxocptaùx in Athanasius 246<br />

CHAPTER VI: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MAN'S DIVINIZATION 251<br />

I. INTRODUCTION: ATHANASIUS' WORKS ON THE HOLY SPRIT 253<br />

II. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS ACTIVITY 255<br />

1. The Holy Spirit is Divine 255<br />

a) Rationalism destroys true <strong>the</strong>ology 257<br />

b) The consubstantiality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit 259<br />

2. The Activity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit 260<br />

a) The Spirit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Son 261<br />

b) The Spirit as instrument <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Word 262<br />

3. The Spirit as gift 265<br />

a) The gift <strong>of</strong> sonship 268<br />

b) The Holy Spirit and <strong>the</strong> Incarnation 269<br />

c) Man's participation by way <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit 270<br />

4. The intervention <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit 273<br />

a) A new intervention <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit: «7tvor| and «nv£Û|xa» 273

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