Question 49 — The Effects of Christ’s Passion

We have now to consider what are the effects of Christ’s Passion, concerning which there are six points of inquiry:

(1) Whether we were freed from sin by Christ’s Passion?

• (2) Whether we were thereby delivered from the power of the devil?
• (3) Whether we were freed thereby from our debt of punishment?
• (4) Whether we were thereby reconciled with God?
• (5) Whether heaven’s gate was opened to us thereby?
• (6) Whether Christ derived exaltation from it?