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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.
Christ himself enjoined his disciples to mortify themselves when he said: "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Matt 16:24, DRC). According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "[t]he way of perfection passes by way of the Cross. There is no holiness without renunciation and spiritual ...
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.
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]
Jesus called for his followers to take this same risk, "If a man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it" (Mark 8:34-35).
Some heretics even contend that the Holy Spirit Himself is either a creature, as the Arians, Eunomians, and Macedonians, or deny Him at least in such sort that they may deny the Trinity in the Godhead; others assert that the Father alone is God, and the same is sometimes spoken of as the Son, sometimes as the Holy Spirit, as the Sabellians.
"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]