[Colofornian]

From the article: Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo,” (John Whitmer Books) by Michael G. Reed, is a slim but valuable volume on the history of the Mormons’ relationship with the cross. As Reed notes, the Mormon Church was founded during an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross, a hostility that was due to that era’s wariness of Catholicism.

Good luck finding any historical proof to support this bald-faced lie. [SoConPubbie, post #17]

Yep. That comment made me stop dead in my tracks, too. [Alex Murphy, post #64 -- response to SoConPubbie]

Mr. Reed...Seems to be a consensus here about this part of your book: Your claim that there was "an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross"

What is the basis of this claim?

[MikeGReed]

Mr. Reed...Seems to be a consensus here about this part of your book: Your claim that there was “an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross”. What is the basis of this claim?

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There is a lot of evidence to support this, but outside of reading my book, I’d recommend you also get your hands on Ryan K. Smith’s excellent book titled “Gothic Arches Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century” (University of North Carolina Press, 2006). I cover some of his research in my book, and you may notice that Dr. Smith was kind enough to contribute a blurb endorsing the back of my book.