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" His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross. "
Traditional Festivals [2 Volumes]: A Multicultural Encyclopedia
by Christian Roy - 2005 - 548 pages
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Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their ...

John J. McNeill - Religion - 1996 - 246 pages
...himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as [humans] are, and being as all [humans] are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death...him high and gave him the name which is above all other names so that . , . every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the...
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A Church in Miniature

Ivan Clutterbuck - ANGLICAN CHURCHES. - 1996 - 228 pages
...emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death...him high and gave him the name which is above all other names so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld should bend the knee...
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Cynewulf: Basic Readings

Robert E. Bjork - Literary Collections - 1996 - 394 pages
...emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men are: and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death...him high and gave him the name which is above all other names so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee...
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The Quiet Life

Ray Ashford - Quietude - 1996 - 262 pages
...cling to his equality with God, but emptied himself... and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet even to accepting death, death on a cross." (Philippians 2:6-8). —HENRIJ. M. NOUWEN Reaching Out There will come a day, I know, when, the last...
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Philemon's Problem: A Theology of Grace

James Tunstead Burtchaell - Religion - 1998 - 356 pages
...himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as humans are; and being in every way like a human being, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross. And for this God raised him on high, and gave him the name which is above all other names; so that...
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Vested Angels: Eucharistic Allusions in Early Netherlandish Paintings

Maurice Basil McNamee - Art - 1998 - 408 pages
...Father at the Last Supper. St. Paul puts it this way: "He became as men are, and being as all men are, He was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross" (Philippians 2/7-8). But all of this is a reference to a sacrificial death already consummated. So...
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Jesus the Holy Fool

Elizabeth-Anne Stewart - Philosophy - 1999 - 300 pages
...did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave . . . he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death...him high and gave him the name which is above all other names. . . . (Phil 2:69). Far from clinging to divine status, Jesus allowed himself to be an...
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The Cross in Christian Tradition: From Paul to Bonaventure

Elizabeth Dreyer - Religion - 2000 - 276 pages
...grasped" (Phil 2:6). Christ, the hymn explains, chose to accept death, even death on a cross. As a result, "God raised him high and gave him the name which is above all other names" (Phil 2:9). Throughout subsequent centuries, Christian poets and hymn writers— especially...
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The Cynewulf Reader

Robert E. Bjork - Christian poetry, English (Old) - 2001 - 400 pages
...emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men are: and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death...him high and gave him the name which is above all other names so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee...
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Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition

George Pattison, Diane Oenning Thompson - Literary Collections - 2001 - 304 pages
...himself (ekenosen) to assume the condition of a slave, and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross' (Jerusalem Bible). In speaking of the influence of the act described by Paul on the Russian monastic...
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