(November 6, 2012 at 3:36 am)Daniel Wrote: I personally don't like the image of the cross as a depiction of Christianity. I don't like it because we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, not the crucifixion of Christ. The method of his execution is irrelevant, he would still be the same Saviour whether he died on the gallows or in front of a firing squad.
Early xtians apparently agreed with you. The cross, as a symbol seems to have arisen in the late 2d-early 3d century but the crucifix is a 5th century demonstration. Of course, by that time the church's metamorphosis into a mechanism of social control was firmly underway.
