The Christian Cross in Astrology

[Mudhammam]

Like others said, kudos for doing the research, but I don't really see the logic in your argument if you're saying that the cross didn't become a popular emblem in Christianity because of the suffering that the Christians' god endured, and whose example they thought must be followed. If anything, the prevalence of similar designs in other art or architecture or religious iconography would have only strengthened their view that Christ was the pinnacle of human history, that everything hitherto had been pointing towards, his final act being foreshadowed in both pagan mythology (and philosophy) and the Hebrew scriptures; a universal symbol like the cross would only further affirm this given their beliefs about Christ. Anyway, the cross actually was an instrument of torture in popular use at the time.