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 (written over a century before the time of Jesus), the word "Christos" was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew "mashiach" (messiah), meaning "anointed." (Another Greek word, "Messias" appears in Daniel 9:26 and Psalm 2:2.) The New Testament states that the Messiah, long-awaited, had come and describes this savior as "The Christ." In Apostle Peter, in what has become a famous proclamation of faith among Christians since the first century, said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." In Martha tells Jesus "you are the Christ", just before the Raising of Lazarus. In the Pauline Epistles the