Why do catholics...?

Question

leave Jesus hanging on the cross in all their wall crosses and their jewlery, etc? He's always on the cross. Don't they know he came off that cross, died and rose again? He said IT IS FINISHED and he meant it.

Guess what. When He died on that cross, the curtain in the temple tore from the top down, not the other way around. God ripped it from the top. Jesus made a way for us to have a direct connection to God, without having to go through a priest. I think that by keeping Jesus on that cross, the catholic church maintains control over its followers by insisting that they must go through man to get to God.

That's my take on it.

By keeping Him on the cross, they ignore that the curtain was torn.

tebone,

rather than plagorize from Catholicanswers.com why not try citing your source next time instead of trying to take the credit. Admit it, you had no clue and had to go ask the church. Sheesh, aren't they the ones wanting to control you? What did you think they would tell you? LOL

Scandalous : From a website peddling Catholism and its trinkets I guess: "Crucifixes may be gotten at any Catholic gift shop and are the perfect gift for a newlywed couple as one can't have too many of them. You'll find Crucifixes to be worn around the neck, some to be hung on walls, some on stands to be placed on tables, etc."

Answer 1

I have said this for years! My savior was raised from the dead 2000 years ago and now sits at the right hand of God. One must ask why catholics do any thing at all. They have a head of their church who claims to be God's Representative here on earth. No such thing! We have a high priest who has passed into the heavens and God's Representative here on earth today is the Holy Spirit who reveals things to us as the Lord speaks to us through Scripture. The whole Catholic church is a huge farce and the Lord will destroy it during the tribulation for the reasons given in revelation Ch.17 V1-9

Answer 2

Catholics rightly understand that the resurrection was for the glory of God and for the edification of the church, while the crucifixion was necessary for the forgiveness of sins and the redemption of mankind.

Jesus pronounce HIS work finished, but since death still exists, and hell remains a distinct possibility for many, there's still plenty of work to be done by his church, which is the authentic people of God.

Catholics also rightly understand that Jesus' saving death on the cross is to be commemorated in a very special way in order to apply the fruits of that one time, once for all, perfect sacrifice to the sins of the world ... and we do ... just as Jesus commanded ... every hour of every day, every day of every year, all around the world ... and especially on Sunday.

Jesus never commanded anyone to commemorate his resurrection.

Why not admit the fact that due to the unfortunate limitations of your own chosen faith tradition, you really don't have a clue about any of this stuff?

Answer 3

you kinda miss the whole point of suffering and death as the atonement huh?

It is finished meant handing over the spirit, not his sacrifice. The sacrifice is perpetual, has to be or else it does not cover all. Also doesn;t it warn against attempting to stop perpetual sacrifice?

Oh, that one among you would shut the temple gates to keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts; neither will I accept any sacrifice from your hands, For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, my name is great among the nations; And everywhere they bring sacrifice to my name, and a pure offering; For great is my name among the nations, says the LORD of hosts. ~ Malachi 1:10-11

You are also attempting to cross reference John and Mark, not syoptic gospels Mark is easily cross referenced with the other syoptic gospels Matthew and Luke. In regards to the Temple veil the Temple would have had two veils the outer and the inner (to the Holy of Holies) even the High Priest could not cross this veil except on the Day of Atonement. That is the veil thought to be ripped giving all access to God. Where your theory falls apart was the fact that even the priest prior to the veil ripping could not cross it. Also it has alternatively been translated to be representative of the Holy of Holies being profaned and destroyed (IE Jesus on the Cross)

Answer 4

For Catholics, Jesus death is more important than His resurrection. It was Jesus' obedience to the Father unto death that reconciled all of humanity withe the Father. Yes, His resurrection was the sign that we now have eternal life, but it was His death on the cross that made that resurrection possible.

Additionally, Jesus' death is a sign of His great love for us. jesus willingly acepted death on a cross so we may not have to die as a consequence for our sins.

Thirdly, the crucifix reminds us that we too are called to love one another in the manner in which Christ did. We are to lay down our lives for others. I lok at the figure of Jesus on the cross and ask myself if I love others as much as I should.

I hope my answer helps you understand the Catholic faith.

Answer 5

OK, first there are Catholics who take more importance on the resurrection. Second not only Catholic Do that, Third. Its a way to remind us of the sacrifice that He did for us. In Catholic School a teacher usually asked me, Would You sacrifice Yourself for a world That will eventually ignore and Mock you? That's why the Cross is for. To Remind us, He did this for me, Will I do this Thing for my neighbor?

Answer 6

You know I have that same question, they confess to others thier sins, yet know Jesus went to the cross and that veil was torn in two from top to bottom, we are to go through The Son to The Father, there is no other place that we need to go confess, when we have The Holy Spirit living inside of us, we are the new house for the Holy Spirit, we are the new tabernacle, The sacrifice was made, Jesus said
"It is finished" when other religions are imposing other rules, it is like saying Jesus didn't finish the sacrifice, it is like saying they missed a nail, it is so sad, Jesus is all we need, Jesus didn't say oh you got to do this to, I wasn't good enough, Nope, It is finished. Jesus is our Perfect Savior.

Answer 7

The worshipping of idols is just part of the daily routine for Catholics... The cross, is one way... The whole kissing the cross and the kneeling before it, the rosary, the images of saints as idols... I mean come on now... So the cross is just another idol for Catholics... Amazing isnt it?

Answer 8

Well, its just a way to remember that Jesus died on the cross for us and what he did for God to forgive our sins.

Answer 9

First of all, you would want to check out 1st Corinthians, chapter 1, verse 23. Paul says, "...but we preach Christ crucified..." Why does Paul preach Christ crucified? Doesn't he know Jesus has been raised from the dead? Of course he does! But, he knows that it is through the power of the crucified Christ on the cross that the bonds of sin and death are broken. As Paul says in verse 24, Christ crucified is the "power of God".

1 Cor 2:2, "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." Again, didn't Paul know that Jesus had risen from the dead? Of course, he did.

Paul preaches Christ crucified because an empty cross has no power. The cross that bears the beaten, battered, and bloodied body of Jesus Christ, however, that cross is the "power of God". This is why, we "keep Jesus on the cross," because we, too, preach Christ crucified. The Crucifix reminds us not only of God's power, but also His love for us - giving His only begotten Son up for suffering and death.

Also, here in this life we do not share so much in the glory of the Resurrection, as we do in the suffering of Jesus on the cross; after all, we must take up our cross daily if we are to follow Jesus, as it says in Lk 9:23.

And, we must die with Christ in order to live with Him as Romans 6:8 tells us. Where did Christ die? On the cross. The Crucifix serves to remind us of these things.

One other passage to keep in mind is Galatians 3:1, "O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?" Did you catch that? Jesus was publicly portrayed, before their "eyes", as being crucified. Sounds kind of like they may have been looking at a Crucifix, doesn't it?


A crucifix is a fine option for Christians or churches; it is used not only by Catholics. It is a treasured reminder of the gift of forgiveness and the indescribable love and sacrifice that won for us forgiveness and eternal life.


The crucifix is suspended at the center of the sanctuary, acknowledging the death of the God/Man as the foundational reality of the Christian faith. Christ’s sacrificial death in our place - for the forgiveness of our sins - is the only basis for the salvation of humanity. To worship in this sanctuary is literally to gather at the foot of the cross. The placement of the crucifix over the altar and the pulpit serves to emphasize the altar as the emblem of Christ’s sacrificial death and the responsibility of the preacher to proclaim Christ and Him crucified in every sermon. The "corpus," that is, the body of Christ upon the cross, is 8 feet tall, carved in Lindenwood. The realistic nature of the figure is designed to impress upon the worshiper the grim reality of death by crucifixion, and thus the high price that God’s Son was willing to pay for our salvation. Nowhere else can the depth and the power of God’s love for us be seen more clearly than at the cross. The Savior bows His weary head, still crowned with the mocking thorns, as if to look down in love upon the congregation gathered below.

Yes, Jesus is risen and Catholics honour and pray to the risen Christ. He also died on a cross. On that cross he redeemed us, he suffered for us. Catholics feel this is extremely important. Catholics have no problem kneeling before the crucified Christ on the cross (Crucifix). It is there that he saved us.


There is power in a personal encounter with Christ on the cross. Jesus conquered our sin on that cross. "Thank you Jesus for dying for us. Thank you Jesus for saving us."

If two thousand years ago an empty cross stood on a hill called Calvary, nothing would have changed. The fact that a body was nailed to the cross, the incarnate body of the eternal Word of God, made all the difference in the world.

There is no Resurrection without the Crucifixion. Jesus suffered and died—was crucified for us. He paid for our sins and redeemed us by his sacrificial death.

Answer 10

Catholicism is a farce. They are more interested in "uniting all Christians under the Catholic church" than spiritual growth.