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
Holy Name of Jesus Several episodes in the New Testament refer to the power of the "invocation of the Holy Name". In demons are driven out by the power of the name Jesus, in baptisms take place and in , and miracles are performed. Many Christians believe that as in the invocation of the name of Jesus provides protection by repelling evil. The reverence with which Christians have regarded the Holy Name of Jesus goes back to the earliest days of Christianity, as shown in and . Devotion to and veneration of the IHS monogram, derived from the Greek word for Jesus, ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (and