Warfare armor against our adversaries the evil of the world

…”We can never be tired of hearing about the crowning of our Lord, and least of all in this most holy Golgotha … Let none be weary. Take your armor against the adversaries in the cause of the cross itself; set up the faith of the cross as a trophy against our opponents. For when you are going to dispute with unbelievers concerning the cross of Christ, first make with your hand the sign of Christ’s cross, and the gainsayer will be silenced. Don’t be ashamed to confess the coss, for angels glory in it, saying, ‘I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified (Matt 28:5)

Cyril of Jerusalem “Catechetical Lectures”, 13: 22-23 quoted in “A Year with the Church Fathers” Scott Murrray p 124

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