The Superior Work of Christ
We have spoken above … (about) the cause of his bodily manifestation,
that it was not for another to turn what was corruptible to incorruptibility except the Savior himself, who in the beginning created the universe from nothing;
and that it was not for another to recreate again the “in the image” for human beings, except the Image of the Father;
and that it was not for another to raise up the mortal to be immortal, except our Lord Jesus Christ, who is Life itself;
and that it was not for another to teach about the Father and destroy the worship of idols, except the Word who arranges all things and is alone the true only-begotten Son of the Father.
But since what was required from all still had to be rendered … for this reason, after the demonstrations of his divinity from his works, he now offered the sacrifice on behalf of all, delivering his own temple to death in the stead of all, in order to make all not liable to and free from the ancient transgression, and to show himself superior to death, displaying his own body as incorruptible, the first-fruits of the universal resurrection.
Athanasius, from On the Incarnation
Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373) was born in that city of Egypt and eventually became its 20th bishop. He is a renowned Christian theologian and a Church Father. He is considered the greatest champion of the teachings on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ that the church has ever known. In his lifetime, he earned the title, “Father of Orthodoxy,” and he has been known in this way ever since. Much of this is due to the way that he refuted the heresy of Arianism, which stated that Jesus, the Son of God, did not always exist but was created and that he is a lesser entity than God the Father. The above is taken from Athanasius’ most famous work, On the Incarnation.