Imago Dei

That day

Thursday, 16 December 2004

The verse

“But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 · WEB

From the tradition

“Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.”

Augustine of Hippo · Confessions, Book I, chapter 1

In the words of a public-domain translation (tr. J. G. Pilkington, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, vol. 1, ed. Philip Schaff (1886)), checked against the source edition.

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