Who invented the cross?

Answer 1

"The cross is one of the most ancient human symbols, and is used by many religions."

"It is not known when the first cross image was made; after circles, crosses are one of the first symbols drawn by children of all cultures. There are many cross-shaped incisions in European cult caves, dating back to the earliest stages of human cultural development in the stoneage. Like other symbols from this period, their use continued in the Celtic cultures in Europe. For example, celtic coins minted many centuries before the Christian era may have an entire side showing this type of cross, sometimes with the five cardinal points marked by concave depressions in the same style as in stoneage carvings. Other coins may be showing the cross held by a rider on a horse and springing forth a fern leaf, sometimes identified as a Tree of Life symbol. These early sun crosses or celtic crosses have nothing to do with later Christian ones."

'Ankh : Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. crux ansata ("handled cross")."

"St. Brigid's Cross : Brigid's name is derived from Brigit (also spelled Brigid, Brìghde, Brìde, and Bríde), a Celtic Goddess of fire, poetry, and smithcraft, and today the cross is used to protect houses from fire. The cross itself derives from the Indo-European Swastika, or Solar Wheel."

"Sun cross : Also known as the Sunwheel, solar cross or Odin's cross, because Odin's symbol in Norse mythology was a cross in a circle. Used throughout Native American culture to represent the great Medicine Wheel of life."

"Bent cross : Also known as the swastika and Crux Gammata, it is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing or right-facing direction. The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism."

"Persian cross : Carved into mountainside at the site of the tombs of the Achaemenian Kings"

Answer 2

The Cross as we know it was invented as a form of execution by the Romans. It is unknown who exactly came up with cruxifiction as a means of executing, but it was a common way of executing traitors, because being cruxified was deliberately meant to be an extremely painful affair, and visible enough to deter anyone else from repeating the offender's crime. When Spartacus's gladiator revolt was supressed, all of the survivors were cruxified along the Via Appia as a way of discouraging future revolts.

And that is the exact reason that Jesus was cruxified. To the Romans, he was just another radical that was causing unrest to the already antsy Jews. Jewish self-proclaimed prophets and messiahs were very common during this era, and the Romans had always been tolerant of religions so long as they didn't upset the public order, which is exactly what Jesus was doing: pissing off an already volatile Jewish population. Hence why the Romans allowed the Jews to cruxify him.

It is worth noting that the Jewish situation finally exploded in the 2nd century Jewish War, which resulted in 500,000 Jewish deaths, the spreading of the Jewish population around the empire, and the renaming of the Roman Province 'Judea' to 'Palestine', a Latin verson of the word Philistine, all of which were deliberate punishments by Romans for the Jewish revolt.

The early Christians did not use the Cross as a religious symbol. They used the now revived symbol of the fish. A cross was a very common pagan symbol however, so it gradually became part of the Christian lexicon, as they assimilated pagan symbolism. The ability of Christianity to assimilate is perhaps its greatest strength. For example, Romans viewed virginity as almost sacred, its greatest religious figures were the vestigal virgins. Hence the emphasis on Mary as a virgin as a way of appealing to Romans.

The cruxifiction itself (the image of Jesus actually on the cross) did not appear until the late medieval period.

Answer 3

Which one? The t shape, the X shape or the T shape. and the Ankh,T with the looped top. Even the Swastika is a 'cross' and all have been used as symbolic representations of 'Gods' long before 'Christianity'
The Christian Cross or Crucifix was adopted to distinguish it from the T which was already a widely used 'pagan' symbol.
T is the shape of the cross the Romans did use for Crucifixions in Jesus' time though.

Answer 4

The cross as a symbol has been around for over 4 thousand years

Answer 5

The cross or inverted sword was a symbol of authority of Romans.Crucifying was one of the punishment given by Romans.Originally crucifying did not mean killing.It was from dawn to dusk.If the person retained life at sunset relatives will take him back.In the case of Jesus also it might have happened that way.Jesus might have been alive and his deciples took him away.That will explain resurrection after healing.There was no punishment as"killing by crucifying.But Christians may not be able to accept this truth.
The possible cause of death on cross may loss of blood or dehydration.

Answer 6

It is not invented. It exists from "times unknown", could be found in old China, Indian, Egyptian, Babylonian (sorry , "aidan402", Chaldeans do not have "copy wrights" on the cross, it is much, much older than their civilization), Assyrian, Shu mer, Maya, Aztec, Proto-Bulgarian, Greek, Roman, and Scandinavian cultures. Something like the Great Flood myth, to which the conventional scientists still owe a correct answer, for as a symbol it is 8,000-10,000 years old, older than pyramids, and this bound goes back and back with each new discovery.

Answer 7

As a symbol it exists in many cultures in many variations and it is impossible to say who used it first. As an execution machine, I think it was invented by the Romans who crucified a lot of people before and after the one who became famous.

Answer 8

In reference to Christianity, the cross sign originated in the second century.

Answer 9

The cross was invented when Jesus was crucified in Calvary, and is a SIGN still used today to remember the suffering of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Answer 10

You need to be more specific. If you mean the cross shape then it is impossible to ascribe it to one particular person.
If you mean its use as a symbol of Christianity it is because Christ was crucified on a cross of wood.

If you want to clarify your question I may be able to provide other answers.