 |
| Christ liberating Adam and Eve from Hades |
"As the evil one procured our twofold death by means of his single spiritual death, so the good Lord healed this twofold death of ours through His single bodily death, and through the one resurrection of His body gave us a twofold resurrection.
By means of His bodily death He destroyed him who had the power over our souls and bodies in death, and rescued us from his tyranny over them both.
The evil one clothed himself in the serpent to deceive man, but the Word of God put on man's nature to trick the trickster."
- St. Gregory Palamas, "Homily for Holy and Great Saturday"
