Patristic Quote of the Day

But if any honest Christian wants to know why the Lord suffered death on the cross and not in some other way, we answer thus: in no other way was it expedient for us, indeed the Lord offered for our sakes the one death that was supremely good. He had come to bear the curse that lay on us; and who could He "become a curse" otherwise than by accepting the accursed death. And that death is the cross, for it is written, "cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree." - St. Athanasius, Treasury, p. 176