Christian cross (English Wikipedia)

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Harley-McGowan, Felicity (2007). "The Crucifixion". In Jeffrey Spier (ed.). Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300116830.

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Nicholas Ridley, A Treatise on the Worship of Images, written before 1555.

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James Calfhill, An aunsvvere to the Treatise of the crosse (An answer to John Martiall's Treatise of the cross) at 1565.
Henry Dana Ward, History of the cross, the pagan origin, and idolatrous adoption and worship of the image, at 1871.
Mourant Brock, The cross, heathen and Christian: A fragmentary notice of its early pagan existence and subsequent Christian adoption, London 1879.
John Denham Parsons, The non-Christian cross; an enquiry into the origin and history of the symbol eventually adopted as that of our religion, at 1896.

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"Sign of the Cross". Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East - Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and Lebanon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020. Inside their homes, a cross is placed on the eastern wall of the first room. If one sees a cross in a house and do not find a crucifix or pictures, it is almost certain that the particular family belongs to the Church of the East.

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Christianity: an introduction by Alister E. McGrath 2006 ISBN 1-4051-0901-7 pages 321-323
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Keith Houston, Shady Characters (W. W. Norton & Company 2013 ISBN 978-0-39306442-1), pp. 97 and 106
The History of the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1830-1969. F. W. Orth Company. 1968. p. 134. The cross suspended over the altar is the focal point of the entire Church interior, and reminds us to center our lives in Christ.

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"Cross | Definition, Symbolism, Types, & History | Britannica". 20 June 2023.

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"British Museum Collection online: magical gem / intaglio".

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"Octavius". Ccel.org. 2005-06-01. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
Octavius of Minucius Felix, chapter XXIX]
Tertullian. "3". De Corona.

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Kate Tracy, China Lifts High the Cross (Right Off Dozens of Churches), christianitytoday.com, USA, May 30, 2014
Morgan Lee, Pastor of China's Largest Church Jailed for Protesting Removal of 1,500 Crosses, christianitytoday.com, USA, February 2, 2016

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Hinckley, Gordon B (May 1975). "The Symbol of Christ". Ensign.
Hinckley, Gordon B (April 2005). "The Symbol of Our Faith". Ensign.
Hunter, Howard W. (November 1994). "Exceeding Great and Precious Promises". Ensign.

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"The Church's New Symbol Emphasizes the Centrality of the Savior". Church of Jesus Christ Newsroom. April 4, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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"Earliest crucifixes: First depiction of Jesus on cross - the Bloodstone amulet". September 10, 2014.

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"Stromata, book VI, chapter XI". Earlychristianwritings.com. 2006-02-02. Retrieved 2011-12-10.

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Caleb Parke, Chinese officials remove crosses from churches amid coronavirus for being 'higher than the national flag', foxnews.com, USA, April 15, 2020

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Hutado, Larry (2006). "The staurogram in early Christian manuscripts: the earliest visual reference to the crucified Jesus?". In Kraus, Thomas (ed.). New Testament Manuscripts. Leiden: Brill. pp. 207–26. hdl:1842/1204. ISBN 978-90-04-14945-8.

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Nelson, Paul A. "Home Altars". Immanuel Lutheran Church. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

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"Cross". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-12-10., (see Apocalypse of Mary, viii., in James, "Texts and Studies," iii. 118).
"CROSS - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com.

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What Does the Bible Really Teach?. Watch Tower Society. pp. 204–205.

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Samaan, Moses (25 August 2010). "Who wears the Cross and when?". Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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McKeever, Bill. "Why No Crosses?". Mormonism Research Ministry. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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"CHURCH FATHERS: Apology (Tertullian)". New Advent.

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Genesis 14:14

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Konstantopoulos, George D. (18 September 2017). "All Orthodox Christians are Given a Cross Following Their Baptism to Wear for Life". St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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"Riches, by J.F. Rutherford, Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, 1936, page 27". Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

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Tom Phillips, China's crusade to remove crosses from churches 'is for safety concerns', theguardian.com, UK, 29 July 2015

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Charles, Steve (24 March 2002). "Among the Living Maya". Wabash Magazine. Wabash College. Retrieved 11 August 2020. In Chamula, ancient Mayan beliefs mingle with Roman Catholicism—the "syncretism" we've been observing in various forms since we arrived in Mexico—to form the costumbres of these descendants of the Maya. A cross is placed on the eastern wall of every Mayan home to commemorate the risen Christ and the rising sun; on the patio another cross faces west to salute the sun's passage below the earth.

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Konstantopoulos, George D. (18 September 2017). "All Orthodox Christians are Given a Cross Following Their Baptism to Wear for Life". St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
"Sign of the Cross". Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East - Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and Lebanon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020. Inside their homes, a cross is placed on the eastern wall of the first room. If one sees a cross in a house and do not find a crucifix or pictures, it is almost certain that the particular family belongs to the Church of the East.
"Riches, by J.F. Rutherford, Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, 1936, page 27". Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

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The Old English (10th century) cros refers to the instrument of Christ's crucifixion, specifically replacing the native Old English word rood, ultimately from the Latin crux (or its accusative crucem and its genitive crucis), "stake, gibbet; cross". The English verb to cross arises from the noun c. 1200, first in the sense "to make the sign of the cross"; the generic meaning "to intersect" develops in the 15th century.