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Let us then not be ashamed of the Cross of our Saviour, but rather glory in it. For the preaching of the Cross is unto "the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness," but to us salvation: and "to them that perish it is foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor 1:18, 23).

For it was not a mere man who died for us, as I said before, but the Son of God, God made man. Further; if under Moses a lamb kept the destroyer at a distance (Exodus 12:23), did not much rather "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world" (John 1:29), deliver us from our sins? The blood of a brute animal gave salvation; and shall not the Blood of the Only-begotten much rather save?

If any disbelieve the power of the Crucified, let him enquire of the devils; if any believe not words, let him believe what he sees. Many have been crucified throughout the world, but by none of these are the devils scared; but Christ having been crucified for us, when they see but the Sign of the Cross, they shudder.

+ St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Homilies, Homiliy 13: On the Words "Crucified and Buried"