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| The Christian Cross/ the Latin Cross | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesized in the Old Testament. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The Christian cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity.
It is also known as the Latin Cross. Since the cross is associated with the gibbet on which Jesus was executed, the article will consider the probable form of that gibbet, as well as cross symbols used before Christianity, the shapes of Christian depictions of the cross, and the metaphorical use of the word "cross". |
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