Note (return) — Chapter II

III. This manifestation is mediated by Jesus Christ, who is the Saviour (σωτηρ) sent by God "in these last days," and who stands with God himself in a union special and unique, (cf. the ambiguous παις θεου, which was much used in the earliest period). He has brought the true and full knowledge of God, as well as the gift of immortality γνωσις και ζωη, or γνωσις της ζωης, as an expression for the sum of the Gospel. See the supper prayer in the Didache, c. IX. an X.; ευχαριστουμεν σοι, πατερ 'ημων 'υπερ της ζωης και γνωσεως 'ης εγνωρισας 'ημιν δια Ιησου του παιδος σου, and is for that very reason the redeemer (σωτηρ and victor over the demons) on whom we are to place believing trust. But he is, further, in word and walk the highest example of all moral virtue, and therefore in his own person the law for the perfect life, and at the same time the God-appointed lawgiver and judge.156