Methodius of Olympus, Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain.
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- Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ Chapter 1 — Fragment I. I. Methodius, Bishop, to those who say: What doth it profit us that the Son of God was crucified upon earth, and made man? And wherefore did He endure to suffer in the manner of the cross, and not by some…vatican.va
- Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ Chapter 2 — The Same Methodius to Those Who are Ashamed of the Cross of Christ. II. Some think that God also, whom they measure with the measure of their own feelings, judges the same thing that wicked and foolish men judge to…vatican.va
- Three Fragments from the Homily on the Cross and Passion of Christ Chapter 3 — III. The Same Methodius: How Christ the Son of God, in a Brief and Definite Time, Being Enclosed by the Body, and Existing Impassible, Became Obnoxious to the Passion. For since this virtue was in Him, now it is of…vatican.va