Saint Melito of Sardis

Born as a son,

led forth as a lamb,

sacrificed as a sheep,

buried as a man,

He rose from the dead as a God,

for He was by nature God and Man.

He is all things: He judges, and so He is Law;

He teaches, and so He is Word;

He saves, and so He is Grace;

He begets, and so He is Father,

He is begotten, and so He is Son;

He suffers, and so He is Sacrifice;

He is buried, and so He is Man;

He rises again, and so He is God.

This is Jesus Christ, to Whom belongs Glory for all ages.

-- Saint Melito of Sardis Bishop and Martyr