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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (37 children)

It's a reminder of what he went through to atone for the sins of mankind

The point is that he doesn't like crosses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The crucifix, maybe not the cross. The cross, historically comes from the Latin abriviation for Jesus, PX. Which would then evolve over time to the Roman Cross that looks like a lower case letter t.

The word for cross in Latin refered to an upright pole, a pole with a top beam like the capital letter T and two cross beams like the letter X before this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Greek, not Latin. It's called the Chi Rho for the first two letters of Christ in Greek - ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho

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