Prayer of Melito of Sardis

Born as a Son,

led forth as a Lamb,

sacrificed as a Sheep,

buried as a Man,

He rose from the dead as a God,

for He was by nature God and man. 

He is all things:

He judges, and so He is Law;

He teaches, and so He is Wisdom;

He saves, and so He is Grace;

He begets, and so He is Father;

He is begotten, and so He is Son;

He suffers, and so He is Sacrifice;

He is buried, and so He is man;

He rises again, and so He is God.

This is Jesus Christ,

to whom belongs glory for all ages.

Amen