The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art

The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art

Author: William Wood Seymour

Publisher:

Published: 1898

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13:

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"This work discusses the cross throughout history, from prehistoric times to modern day. Found within are chapters entitled: cross before the Christian Era and in prehistoric times; types of the cross; early form and use of the cross; legends of the cross; true cross and its traditionary history; title of the cross; doctrinal teaching of the crucifixion; cross and crucifix in early Christian art; various types of crosses; varieties of the cross; objects with the cross on them; sign of the cross; Puritan objections to the cross; and miscellaneous crosses."--B & N.


Holy Cross

Holy Cross

Author: William Cowper Prime

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781314943474

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.


Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses

Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses

Author: Ryan K. Smith

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0807830259

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Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one tim