Easter symbols have ancient roots Early church adapted ... symbolic of the five wounds Jesus suffered on the cross. According to legend, after Jesus was crucified, the dogwood was cursed, never ...

“The cross as a symbol goes back to the beginning of Christianity and even earlier. The word ‘cross’ is used symbolically in the New Testament much more than it is literally, to refer to ...

From the cross, Jesus forgave the Jews who called for his death. The Cross of Christ is not only a symbol of hope, endurance, and victory over death, but also a powerful symbol of forgiveness.

and history. It has even been used as a secular civic symbol — such as the national flag of Georgia, which consists entirely of a red Jerusalem cross on a white background. The accusations of ...

Ball's “Short Account of the History of Mathematics”, fifth ... (Oxford, 1655, p. 23), the symbol is not the usual cross, but is plainly the capital letter X turned on its side.