«Per mezzo di lui offriamo a Dio un sacrificio di lode»

La dimensione sacrificale della salvezza cristiana

Abstract

The present biblical theological study, focused on the Letter to the Hebrews, shows how sacrificial language was able, at the origins of Christianity, to communicate the salvific value of the life and especially of the death of Christ and, consequently, of an existence lived «in memory of» him. This investiga-tion brings out how the sacrificial language of the NT, which has pervaded above all the Eucharistic liturgy, remains capable of communicating funda-mental aspects of Christian soteriology. With a view to facilitating the cul-tural mediation of sacrificial language, this essay identifies the originality of the existential, personal and “spiritual” sacrifice of Christ and of Christians who, in a creative way, participate in the Eucharist and in life.