14. Let us, therefore, not be ashamed of the
Cross of Christ; but though another hide it, do thou openly seal it
upon thy forehead, that the devils may behold the royal sign and flee
trembling far away Justin M.
Dialogue with Trypho, 247 C: We call Him Helper and
Redeemer, the power of whose Name even demons do fear; and at this day,
when exorcised in the name of Jesus Christ, crucified under Pontius
Pilate, Governor of Judæa, they are overcome.. Make then this
sign at eating and drinking, at sitting, at lying down, at rising up,
at speaking, at walking: in a word, at every act Tertullian, de
Coronâ, 3: At every forward step and movement, at every
going in and out, when we put on our clothes and shoes, when we bathe,
when we sit at table, when we light the lamps, on couch, on seat, in
all the ordinary actions of daily life, we trace upon the forehead the
Sign. If for these, and other such rules, you insist upon having
positive Scripture injunction, you will find none. Tradition will
be held forth to you as the originator of them, custom as their
strengthener, and faith as their observer.. For He who was here crucified is in
heaven above. If after being crucified and buried He had remained
in the tomb, we should have had cause to be ashamed; but, in fact, He
who was crucified on Golgotha here, has ascended into heaven from the
Mount of Olives on the East. For after having gone down hence
into Hades, and come up again to us, He ascended again from us into
heaven, His Father addressing Him, and saying, Sit Thou on My right
hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool Ps. cx. 1..