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To: MarkBsnr

>> “All of Christianity believes in the traditional cross...” <<

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Then explain why there is no mention of such in any epistle, nor in the Revelation?

Roman crucifixion is well described in colateral writings, and always the vertical post was a permanent installation, and the cross bar was placed on top.

Peter had no cross, and the bronze figure on display at the Vatican is of Jupiter/Zeus, not Peter; it came from Greece originally.


203 posted on 12/29/2012 11:12:45 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
Then explain why there is no mention of such in any epistle, nor in the Revelation? Roman crucifixion is well described in colateral writings, and always the vertical post was a permanent installation, and the cross bar was placed on top.

Occasionally the tau cross was used, but again, where would the inscription be nailed? The usual cross was the lower case T.

211 posted on 12/29/2012 4:45:54 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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