Systematic doctrine is almost never enough. Here is a poetic stance on the crucifixion, sent by our Cantor, Jeff Holston.

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Philosophers have measured mountains,
Fathomed the depth of seas, of states, of kings,
Walked with a staff to heaven, and traced fountains:
But there are two vast, spacious things,
The which to measure it doth more behove:
Yet few there are that sound them: Sin and Love.

Who would know Sin, let him repair
Unto Mount Olivet; there shall he see
A man so wrung with pains, that all his hair,
His skin, his garments bloody be.
Sin is that press and vice, which forceth pain
To hunt his cruel food through every vein.