. The Open court. rough which thereis respiration for the living creature ; and this shows no other form than that of thecross. And so it was said by the prophet, The breath before our face is the .d the power of this form is shown by your [the pagans] own symbols I Justin Martyr, Dial, zvilk c. !^fi; Tertullian adv. Marc. Ill, iS: Cyprian Tesi. Againstthe Je-vs. 22, and other passages in Origen, Miniitius Felix, Nicodeiiius. From Lamentations, iv. 20. 550 THE OPEN COURT. on what are called banners [vexilla] and trophies, with which all 30ur stateprocessions are made
. The Open court. rough which thereis respiration for the living creature ; and this shows no other form than that of thecross. And so it was said by the prophet, The breath before our face is the .d the power of this form is shown by your [the pagans] own symbols I Justin Martyr, Dial, zvilk c. !^fi; Tertullian adv. Marc. Ill, iS: Cyprian Tesi. Againstthe Je-vs. 22, and other passages in Origen, Miniitius Felix, Nicodeiiius. From Lamentations, iv. 20. 550 THE OPEN COURT. on what are called banners [vexilla] and trophies, with which all 30ur stateprocessions are made, using these as the insignia of your power and government,even though you do so unwittingly. And with this form you consecrate the imagesof your emperors when they die, and )ou name them gods by inscriptions. For it was not without design that the prophet Moses, when Hur and Aaronuphelds his hand, remained in this form [of the cross] until evening. For indeedthe Lord remained upon the tree almost until
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