Anf-01 ix.ii.iv Pg 30
Luke iii. 17.
By this declaration He set forth the faculty of Horos. For that fan they explain to be the cross (Stauros), which consumes, no doubt, all material2706 2706 Hence Stauros was called by the agricultural name Carpistes, as separating what was gross and material from the spiritual and heavenly.
objects, as fire does chaff, but it purifies all them that are saved, as a fan does wheat. Moreover, they affirm that the Apostle Paul himself made mention of this cross in the following words: “The doctrine of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.”2707 2707
Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiv Pg 14
Matt. iii. 12; Luke iii. 17.
