2007-01-24 22:30:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
“Various objects, dating from periods long anterior to the Christian era, have been found, marked with crosses of different designs, in almost every part of the old world. India, Syria, Persia and Egypt have all yielded numberless examples . . . The use of the cross as a religious symbol in pre-Christian times and among non-Christian peoples may probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many cases it was connected with some form of nature worship.”—Encyclopedia Britannica (1946), Vol. 6, p. 753.
2007-01-24 22:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It and many symbols evolved from the equal sided cross
which symbolizes the four corners of Heaven The four directions,
East, South, West, and North.
The Christian cross gives it a more human form.
2007-01-25 07:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sadeek Muhammad 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a view of the landscape perpendicular with the tree and its roots.
2007-01-25 06:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thera are different types of cross...see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross
2007-01-25 07:01:21 · answer #4 · answered by rapstar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋