His cross, blood soaked and embedded with scourged skin, was a symbol of the rebellion of love and nonviolence against earthly power and its vanities. He did not resist. He said to his enemies, in ...

Before Christ, the cross was not only a symbol but also a form of capital punishment. The cross on top of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 532 Market St., Parkersburg.

However, the cross at times has also taken on darker meanings as a symbol of persecution, violence and even racism. Cross, 1200-1250, unknown artist (Smithsonian American Art Museum) The early cross ...

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The Cross. A Universal Symbol. By Helen Hoffner. Marian Press, 2024. 136 pages; $23.95. To order: ShopMercy.org or (800) 462-7426 As Catholics, we are all familiar with the crucifix.

"The Latin cross is not embraced by non-Christians or used by them as a symbol of death or sacrifice," she says. When the government prominently displays the cross as a war memorial, "it does more ...

The cross, because it is a leading symbol of Christianity, should not be supported by public funds. I believe the complainants miss the point of the 1st Amendment.

For as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit explained in a different case a few years ago, “a memorial Cross is not a generic symbol of death; it is a Christian symbol of death that ...