What does an upside down cross signify?

Question

I thought it was sacreligous at first but then i saw it in a church. What does an upside down cross actually mean?

Answer 1

may b e the curch is under renovation

Answer 2

You saw it in a Church. Either the Church is behind in repairs or there was a disaster that knocked it loose Hopefully.Otherwise it is a Satanic Church. They turn everything upside down that has to do with Christianity or other religions.
It is supposed to mean that they do not believe in Jesus. However an upside down cross is easily knocked down as it is unbalanced.
The same with an upside down pentagram standing on its point. in Satanism it is supposed to by the sign of the devil.But was taken from the Knights Templar as their symbol for Bohapmohept. a nature god (a goats face ,the horns represent the moon or antenna for picking up signals from the moon)

Answer 3

Saint Peter, Christian apostle: according to tradition, Peter was crucified upside down at his own request, as he did not feel worthy to die the same way as Jesus (for he had denied him three times previously). Note that upside-down crucifixion would not result in death from asphyxiation.

The reversed cross, also known as the cross of St. Peter, has also been used as an emblem of Satanism, although more often by non-satanists than believers. Historically, it has been a symbol of humility, a symbol of Martyred St. Peter's refusal to be crucified in the manner of Christ, preferring to be hung upside down.

do a search on saint peter..

Answer 4

catherine.kendall,
"What does an upside down cross signify?"
IX. Peter Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that Nero sought matter against Peter to put him to death; which, when the people perceived, they entreated Peter with much ado that he would fly the city. Peter, through their importunity at length persuaded, prepared himself to avoid. But, coming to the gate, he saw the Lord Christ come to meet him, to whom he, worshipping, said, "Lord, whither dost Thou go?" To whom He answered and said, "I am come again to be crucified." By this, Peter, perceiving his suffering to be understood, returned into the city. Jerome saith that he was crucified, his head being down and his feet upward, himself so requiring, because he was (he said) unworthy to be crucified after the same form and manner as the Lord was.
-- from Foxe's Book of Martyrs

So now all the ingnorant wanna be devil worshippers think they are on to something incredibly sacreligious and evil to the extreme.

What silly people can do when they WANT to believe something!

Answer 5

Peter, when he was executed, asked to be crucified on an upside down cross, to signify he was not worthy of dying the same way as His Lord.

I've never seen one in a church; curious. Perhaps the name of the church is St. Peter's??

Answer 6

It IS sacreligous, to believers of many religions.
It means the opposite of a correctly hanging cross. As in opposite of the followers of GOD.

This church, does not sound like a mainstream active house of GOD, but a building no longer owned by them, and currrently used by others. (?)
It probably is a church for someone, just not Christians (and many others).

Answer 7

It is often a symbol of the apostle Peter who according to tradition was crucified on an upside down cross because he did not feel worthy to die the same way Jesus did.

Answer 8

Cross of St. Peter
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A Cross of St. Peter is an inverted Latin cross"Peter cross" redirects here. For other uses see Peter Cross (disambiguation)
A St. Peter's Cross is an inverted Latin cross. The origin of this symbol comes from the fact that the Catholic Church claims St. Peter was crucified upside down, as he felt he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner that Christ died (upright). It is often used with two keys, symbolizing the keys of heaven.

The Alexandrian scholar Origen is the first to report that St. Peter 'was crucified head downward, for he had asked that he might suffer in this way'. Some Catholics use this cross as a symbol of humility and unworthiness in comparison to Christ.

It is also often associated with Satanism. Aleister Crowley believed this cross to be a symbol of inverted grace, or falling away from Christ's grace. As a result, this symbol has become very popular within the Heavy Metal and Black Metal music scenes (notably, members of bands such as Danzig, Deicide, and Gorgoroth have adorned themselves with large inverted cross pendants)

During the late Pope John Paul II's visit to Israel, a picture of him with a backdrop of St. Peter's cross was widely circulated on the Internet, propagating the belief of some that the Catholic Church is associated with Satanism. In fact the photograph is related to the Catholic tradition that St. Peter was martyred in Rome (and as Catholic tradition views the Pope as the successor of Peter, it is a logical symbol for the Roman Pontiff). The inverted cross is also one of the traditional symbols used by Petrine Orthodox Sebomenoi.

Answer 9

An upside-down Latin cross, based on a tradition that holds that Saint Peter was martyred by being crucified upside-down. Today it is often associated with anti-Christian or Satanic groups.

Answer 10

Peter was crucified upside down,

But an upside down cross also symbolises satanism.

Answer 11

devil worshipers, deliberatly blashpeme religious symbols such as the cross and pentagram by inverting them.

as far as being in a christian church? i really do not know,,,could possibly be a misteak, i have deen crosses put on churches before that the nail that held the top rusted through and the one that held the bottom did not and the whole thing just swung down under....