Passion of Christ
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- noun
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Pasión de Cristo
- A distinctive mark of the eleventh and twelfth centuries was a growing interest in the humanity and especially the passion of Christ.
Examples
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The popularity of Mel Gibson's film The Passion of Christ is only a more recent example.
Academic text (2007) -
It is a holy icon of the Passion of Christ.
Blog text (26) -
"Yet that's what gives us the passion of Christ," she said.
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A Christian's desire by choice and necessity is to partake in the passion of Christ.
Blog text (10) -
Blood atonement and the passion of Christ were portrayed rather negatively in this gospel.
Blog text (2) -
What if the parallel with the Passion of Christ, implied by the painting the artist is working on and usually pointed out by scholarship, is to be taken ironically?
Academic text (2014) -
It would be difficult to overestimate the impact of this theological rendering of the merits of the Passion of Christ, as well as its moral implications for the individual sinner.
Academic text (2004) -
The Passion of Christ illustrates the profound suffering and sacrifice of Jesus during his Crucifixion, as portrayed in the Gospels.
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Many Christians reflect on the Passion of Christ during Lent, emphasizing the importance of His suffering and death.
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The story of the Passion of Christ serves as a powerful reminder of the love and redemption offered through His sacrifice.
Synonyms
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The suffering of Jesus from the Last Supper until his death on the cross
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The death of Jesus Christ when he was nailed to a cross
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4.1
The killing of Jesus by nailing him to a cross, important in Christianity
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'passion' in everyday English usually means strong feeling, so a B1 learner who knows the literal constituents ('passion' = strong feeling; 'Christ' = Jesus) would not automatically derive the specialized sense 'suffering and death' without religious or cultural knowledge. However, this is a conventional religious collocation (also found in many other languages as 'Passion of Christ'/'Pasión de Cristo' etc.), so the relation is partially learnable from exposure rather than fully opaque.
Etymology
The phrase Passion of Christ uses passion in its old meaning of 'suffering'. It shows the image of Jesus' last painful hours and death, so the phrase now means the story of his 'suffering' and 'crucifixion'.