The answer
There are four traits that characterise the work of redemption as a definitive and encompassing solution to the Fall of Adam:
- A. He must be human…
For He is a representative of the disobedient man (fallen humanity).
- B. He must be susceptible to death…
For the wages of sin (sin of Adam) is death.
- C. He must be without sin…
For the one devoid of the thing cannot give it.
- D. He must be infinite…
For the sin of Adam is against the unlimited God.
To give redemption for sins of all people throughout all ages.
It can be noted that traits A and B can be found in any human being. As for traits C and D, they cannot be found in any human being, but are only found in God.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 66–67.
The pages in the book (66–67)
