Church Fathers insist, this is not a lone operation exclusive to the incarnate Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, when we consider the atonement below, we shall argue that the grace and love of God provide its origin, as in Paul’s words, “In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself” (2 Cor. 5:19). Paul Fiddes argues that this is a primary pastoral lesson of the doctrine of the Trinity.19 The Trinity has immediate pastoral relevance because in God the self is not an isolated self-centered being but