Why is Jesus Christ´s cross called a "cross" when its actually a "t" not a cross..?

Question

Do you know?

Answer 1

Because maybe "T" and "t" and "cross" translated differently from the Hebrew/Aramic

Answer 2

It was not a "cross". Romans used a single pole to crucify criminals. A small title was written across the pole saying "King of the Jews." The Bible says he died on a tree. "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree." ACTS 5:30
There is no evidence that for the first 300 years after Christ’s death, those claiming to be Christians used the cross in worship. In the fourth century, however, pagan Emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine’s motives, the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The cross is, in fact, pagan in origin. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures.” Various other authorities have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites. The King James Bible translates the Greek word stauros as "cross" when it should be upright pole or stake.
Why, then, was this pagan symbol promoted? Apparently, to make it easier for pagans to accept “Christianity.” Nevertheless, devotion to any pagan symbol is clearly condemned by the Bible. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) The Scriptures also forbid all forms of idolatry. (Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:14) With very good reason, therefore, true Christians do not use the cross in worship

Answer 3

The Greek word rendered "cross" in many modern Bible versions ("torture stake" in NW) is stau ros'.In classical Greek,this word meant merely an upright stake,or pale.
"The shape of the two-beamed cross had its origin in ancient Chaldea,and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz(being in the shape of the mystic Tau,the initial of his name)in that country and in adjacent lands, including Egypt.By the middle of the third century,AD the churches had either depared from,or had travestied, certain doctrines of the Christian faith.In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith,andwere permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols.Hence the Tau or T,in its most frequent form,with the cross-piece lowered,was adopted to stand for the cross of Christ." -An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (London,1962),W.E.Vine,p.256.
Christ was nailed to an upright pole or stake and not what Christendom want people to believe, that is on a cross.
Christendom has adopted countless pagan rituals and teachings which are not in harmony with the Bible.

Answer 4

It's called a cross because the two pieces of wood are "crossing" each other. His cross is not a " t " because He was not hung on an alphabetical letter. Does this make sense to you?

Answer 5

It is actually a crucifix - not a cross. And some bibles believe that he didn't die on a 'cross'. Because of the lack of trees, he died on a pole with his arms crossed above his head, and his legs crossed - so um - cross is all in the head of the believer.

Answer 6

Actually, at the time Jesus was reportedly crucified, criminals were typically crucified either on simple stakes or on crosses shaped like the letter "X", not "t" or "+". Crosses were called crosses, no matter what shape they were, as long as one piece of wood CROSSED another in its construction.

Answer 7

hmmm. well, I am thinking there are a lot of people down through history who were interested in Christianity but maybe they didn't use our alphabet. There's the eastern european alphabet, and way back, the Glagolitic (sp?) alphabet was in use around Greece and up through the Balkna states. So, to a lot of those people, they didn't know what a "T" was, and cross would be have been the more universal word to describe it. .

Answer 8

I don't know, but historically, the Romans used what's known as a Crux. an X shape. The Crucifix only started being used years after the alleged death of jesus. But, who would seriously worship a guy with his legs spread....!?

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Answer 9

"T" is an english letter. The word cross means what it is. Two pieces of wood joined together for the purpose of execution.

Answer 10

The beams cross. It is a cross.