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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8170574, member: 128351"]The Cross became a Christian symbol only when saint Helena, mother of Constantine, made excavations in Jerusalem and found the True Cross, and this relic started to make miracles. This did not happen before 326 AD. Under Gallienus ad Salonina, the Cross was not at all a Christian symbol. </p><p><br /></p><p>Before 326 the Christians did not venerate the Cross and did not represent it as their logo. To be clear, Jesus' death on the Cross was more an embarrassment for them, because crucifixion was still considered the most infamous kind of execution. 3rd and early 4th c. Christian paintings represented Jesus as the Good Shepherd, or Helios driving his quadriga, or Jesus doing miracles, or teaching... but NEVER Jesus crucified. On the contrary the Cross was represented in anti-Christian caricatures. For ex. this graffito from the Palatine, representing a man praying at a crucified donkey, with the Greek legend : "<i>Alexamenos worships God</i>".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8170574, member: 128351"]The Cross became a Christian symbol only when saint Helena, mother of Constantine, made excavations in Jerusalem and found the True Cross, and this relic started to make miracles. This did not happen before 326 AD. Under Gallienus ad Salonina, the Cross was not at all a Christian symbol. Before 326 the Christians did not venerate the Cross and did not represent it as their logo. To be clear, Jesus' death on the Cross was more an embarrassment for them, because crucifixion was still considered the most infamous kind of execution. 3rd and early 4th c. Christian paintings represented Jesus as the Good Shepherd, or Helios driving his quadriga, or Jesus doing miracles, or teaching... but NEVER Jesus crucified. On the contrary the Cross was represented in anti-Christian caricatures. For ex. this graffito from the Palatine, representing a man praying at a crucified donkey, with the Greek legend : "[I]Alexamenos worships God[/I]". [ATTACH=full]1427278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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