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Expiation
The act of redemption and atonement for sin which Christ won for us by the pouring out of his blood on the cross, by his obedient love "even to the end" (Jn 13:1) (CCC 433, 616, 1475).
Redemption and Atonement
The act of redemption and atonement for sin which Christ won for us by the pouring out of his blood on the cross, by his obedient love "even to the end" (Jn 13:1) (CCC 433, 616, 1475). The expiation of sins continues in the mystical Body of Christ and the communion of saints by joining our human acts of atonement to the redemptive action of Christ, both in this life and in Purgatory.
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How did Christ accomplish expiation? Christ won expiation for our sins by the pouring out of his blood on the cross and his obedient love to the end.
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