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Bookmark or Share- The history of the cross and its many meanings over the centuriesBoth feasts were celebrated in Rome by the seventh century. One section of what was believed to be the true cross was kept and venerated on Good Friday in Jerusalem from the mid-fourth century...
- Crucifixion Definition - Ancient Method of Execution - Learn ReligionsChristian theology teaches that Jesus Christ was crucified on a Roman cross as the perfect atoning sacrifice for the sins all of mankind, thus making the crucifix, or cross, one of the central themes and defining symbols of Christianity.
- True Cross | History, Relic, Meaning, Crucifixion, & FactsTrue Cross, Christian relic, reputedly the wood of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Legend relates that the True Cross was found by St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 326 ce.
- Christian cross - WikipediaRoman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican bishops place a cross (+) before their name when signing a document. The dagger symbol (†) placed after the name of a dead person (often with the date of death) is sometimes taken to be a Christian cross.
- Crucifixion - WikipediaCrucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. [1] [2] It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthaginians, and Romans, [1] among others.
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