Origen,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, Origen on Matthew…
(1885)
“ But also, instead of believing in Christ Jesus and Him risen from the dead, He teaches them to believe in Christ Jesus and Him about to be risen from the dead. But since “having put off from Himself the principalities and the powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over in the cross,” [3] if any one is ashamed of the cross of Christ, he is ashamed of the dispensation on account of which these powers were triumphed over ”
