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To: BipolarBob

Some claim venerating the Cross is idol worship - Did Jesus or the Disciples wear one?

The earliesr Christian symbos were a fish and were used by the apostles and early christians for identification, the cross came later


36 posted on 12/23/2012 4:27:20 PM PST by munin
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To: munin

The fish was a symbol for identification. The early Christians were persecuted and had to know who to trust. The cross on the other hand is a cruel deadly instrument to inflict as much shame, pain and humiliation on a poor victim as possible. The Apostles knew about the cross but never wore it. They would have condemned anybody for this heinous jewelry.


37 posted on 12/23/2012 4:32:28 PM PST by BipolarBob (Bitter, clinging to my Bible and AR-15.)
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