But as often as the cross appears in Christian artwork and Western culture ... stake upon which the condemned could be bound with hands above their heads. Most historians surmise that Jesus ...

The second-century Christian teacher Clement of Alexandria ... As early as the 200s, Christians were making the sign of the cross with their hands. The cross was so important that pagans charged ...

A city recently announced the discovery of a gilded Christian artifact dating back to the Early Middle Ages. In a statement ...

In Christian tradition, nailing the limbs to the wood of the cross is assumed, with debate centring on whether nails would pierce hands or the more structurally sound wrists. But Romans did not ...

If such a signal is sent out it will play into the hands of extremists ... of their faith to wear a cross visibly, and no complaint had ever been made by a Christian employee about the rule.

A controversial 28-foot Christian cross perched atop Albany Hill Park for more than five decades is officially gone. Well, at least for now. Early on June 8, the city quietly removed the ...

As a millenniums-old symbol of Christian faith, the cross would seem somewhat immune to trendiness. But cross necklaces and pendants have been in vogue before and may be again as some feel more ...

The iconic image of the Christian cross tends to feature ... stake upon which the condemned could be bound with hands above their heads. Cross signs - some of them carved during the Crusades ...