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The Sign of the Cross is a hand motion common in the religious devotions and worship services of [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]], [[Orthodox]], and some [[Lutheran]] Christians. | The Sign of the Cross is a hand motion common in the religious devotions and worship services of [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]], [[Orthodox]], and some [[Lutheran]] Christians. | ||
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Image:Byzantin cross.jpg|Byzantin Cross. | Image:Byzantin cross.jpg|Byzantin Cross. | ||
Image:Russian Wall Cross.jpg|Russian Wall Cross | Image:Russian Wall Cross.jpg|Russian Wall Cross | ||
| + | Image:Croix de Lorraine.png|Cross of Lorraine | ||
Image:Cross.JPG|Rosary | Image:Cross.JPG|Rosary | ||
Revision as of 12:39, April 1, 2009
Jesus Christ died on a Cross after suffering and giving up his spirit. The Cross of Christ, and the atonement He accomplished on it, is the very grounds that anyone who can be saved will be saved. The Cross is the best-known symbol of Christianity; since Clement of Alexandria the Lord's sign.
The Sign of the Cross is a hand motion common in the religious devotions and worship services of Roman Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and some Lutheran Christians.
Old Christian churches were usually built according to a cruciform plan.
By Paul Gauguin
Florentine Cross
Byzantin Cross.
Russian Wall Cross
Cross of Lorraine
Rosary
"The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."