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. (Photo by Art Smith) ...

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.

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 ...

Pope: the Cross is a symbol of the Love that overcomes hatred and violence Vatican City, Sep 17, 2006 / 22:00 pm ...

What is more, most who see the Bladensburg Cross today would not recognize it as a war memorial, whether to the 49 or to all veterans. They see only a towering, illuminated Latin cross watching over ...

The Latin cross is surrounded by grain silos, cement kilns, bison and other symbols of Lehigh County’s history. The cross was included in recognition of the area’s settlement by Christian ...

At issue was a cross that sits atop Sunrise Rock in a remote part of the Mojave National Preserve. Since 1934, the cross has existed, in one form or another, as a war memorial.

Four decades later, in 1991, the American Civil Liberties Union objected to the establishment of a religious symbol on public property owned by a municipality, and the city elected to relinquish ...

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account ...

The cross, a symbol most associated with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, first emerged during the Roman Empire when it was an instrument of mass torture, said Robert Covolo, a theologian and ...

Four decades later, in 1991, the American Civil Liberties Union objected to the establishment of a religious symbol on public property owned by a municipality, and the city elected to relinquish ...