Redemptive suffering He made Himself human in Jesus in order to redeem mankind: It is believed that Jesus freed mankind from the bondage of sin: Thus one may consider that God paid for mankind's freedom from sin in His human incarnation: The belief is that the price that God, in Jesus, paid for the redemption of mankind, is the Passion, that is, his suffering and agony that led directly to his Crucifixion. Christians believe that, as members of the Church, they are members of the body of Jesus Christ: Hence, orthodox Catholic theology presents the belief that our suffering can be united
Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament The title "Nazarene" applied to Jesus has been also used to designate Christians in Syriac and Arabic traditions. The title "Chosen one" or "Elect one" is used twice in Luke's gospel: "eklektos" is used in 23:35 when the rulers mock Jesus, while "eklelegmenos" is used in 9:35 when Jesus is baptized. James R. Edwards notes that the phrase is used repeatedly in 1 Enoch, but was associated in Jewish thinking with triumph and glory, rather than with suffering. Christian theologians such as Thomas Aquinas have produced significant arguments analyzing various names and titles for Jesus. In Jesus says: "Before Abraham