[mas cerveza por favor]

Christ did NOT offer himself on the cross as a living "victim". He offered himself as a living "sacrifice".

victim /vɪktɪm/ –noun
3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/victim

[HarleyD]

I'm surprise you didn't use the more appropriate #4 definition:

...a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.

The difference with Christ sacrifice and a "victim" is that Christ gave his life willingly. A "victim" may be sacrificed but not willfully. Our Lord was very clear that no one was taking His life but that He was laying it down for us.

Joh 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Joh 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

It is absurb that Christ was a "victim". In fact, I did a search on the scriptures for the word "victim" and can't find one reference.

It is really unimaginable that Catholics would not question why the Church would change the context and meaning of clear scripture. Their love for the Church must outweight their love of God's text.