2007-01-05 06:30:04 · 13 answers · asked by princess 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is a roman death symbol. Jesus and many others died on the cross. It means nothing,
When Jesus tells us to take up our cross he, he means to suffer as he has suffered, and nothing more.
2007-01-05 06:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The cross is one of the most universal symbols in the human library. The earliest (Christian) form was the Chi-Rho (X with a P over it), which stood for both "Chrestus" and "Christos." The former was a pagan term for the goodness of God, the latter was the title of Jesus Christ. The Christian Cross was also employed by the ancient Egyptians to represent salvation, and the ankh, as a modified form of the cross, was used to represent life.
2007-01-05 14:38:52 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ died on it, it was the most degrading form of death (Romans were never crucified, they only crucified others). After Christ died, it became a symbol of Christ's death and resurrection. Some Christians also move their hand on their head, stomach and shoulders to form the cross sign.
2007-01-05 14:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by chadi.wehbe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's just how Romans crucufied people. The cross itself means nothing but death without Jesus. It's what Jesus did on the cross that gives it meaning. The cross represents His sacrifice for mankind so that we can be forgiven and go to heaven. It represents His selfless love for us. It represents our hope of being able to see Him in heaven one day, because of what He did.
2007-01-05 14:34:15 · answer #4 · answered by Lady of the Garden 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the shape of the cross, it symbolizes the connection from heaven to earth - God reaching down to earth from heaven.
The cross bar represents how wide his love is for us. He stretched out his arms and said I love you this much.
2007-01-05 14:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cross that jesus died on...
the cross is how they crucified, and now is a symbol of salvation for christians.
the actual cross he died on wasnt a symbol of anything, it is what "started" the symbols.
2007-01-05 14:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the cross was the symbol for nature
nature above me
nature below me
nature besides me
the original symbol was supposed to have equal length arms but to make it so people could see what was happening they extended the bottom arm to make it taller
2007-01-05 14:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by Mason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erm...the standard method of execution the Romans used in that area during that time period? Loads of people were crucified.
2007-01-05 14:33:26 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ladder to Heaven of course!!
2007-01-05 14:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by Time4Tivo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
His sacrifice on the cross.
2007-01-05 14:32:08 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋