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Adamantius (Pseudo-Origen): "Let us therefore come to Him with joy, saying with the Prophet, Arise, O Lord, why sleepest thou? (Ps. 44:23.) (Ps. 44:23.) And He will command the winds, that is, the dæmons, who raise the waves, that is, the rulers of the world, to persecute the saints, and He shall make a great calm around both body and spirit ...
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — Matthew 16:24 [ 1 ] Greater love hath no man than this,that a man lay down his life for his friends.
"Take Up Thy Cross, The Saviour Said" was written based upon Mark 8:34 where Jesus said "Whosoe'er will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me". [2] It has been viewed as a "young man's hymn" because of vagueness in the wording. [2] The hymn has commonly been used on Good Friday. [6]
If any man will come unto Me, let him deny himself, saith the Lord, and take up his cross and follow Me, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. The Mitre: The Lord set upon thy head a crown of precious stones. Thou askedst life of Him, and He shall give thee length of days, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
12 Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education. 17 Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.
If anyone does not confess that Christ our God can be represented in his humanity, let him be anathema. [8] If anyone does not accept representation in art of evangelical scenes, let him be anathema. [8] If anyone does not salute such representations as standing for the Lord and his saints, let him be anathema. [8]
Kyriakos's studies of the scriptures encouraged him to want what the culture deemed a pure and saintly life. Cyriacus, before turning 18, attended a church service on Matthew 16:24 ("Whosoever would to come after Me, let him deny himself and raise up his cross and follow Me") that so deeply moved him he immediately he went to the harbour, got ...
Mortification has a long history in many world religions, including the Catholic Church. It has been endorsed by popes as a way of 'following Christ', who died of crucifixion and who, speaking of anybody that sought to be his disciple, said: "let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me" (Luke 9:23). [71]