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The upside down cross is an ancient symbol of St. Peter’s crucifixion. Tradition tells us that when St. Peter was martyred, he insisted that he be crucified upside down as he did not believe himself worth to be crucified in the manner of his Lord.
A common symbol in Catholic imagery features what looks like a P with an X through the bottom of it. What does this mean? Where did it come from? Read here.
Whereas his fisherman brother, Peter, was crucified upside-down, Andrew, whose name means “manly and brave,” was stretched on an X-shaped cross, achieving the glory won by the cross without assuming the same gibbet their master had made sacred. But Andrew’s cross is participation in Christ’s cross, and he teaches us all likewise to ...
19:33 - My question is based on a recent debate a friend and I had: would it technically be okay to wear an upside down cross as a necklace to represent the St. Peter’s cross. We both love the representation of humility and devotion St. Peter had and the symbolism is amazing.
Peter chose to be crucified upside down as penance for his sins. Roman law allowed the body to be claimed by friends to be buried, and he was buried on Vatican Hill. By some reports, he was buried in the Necropolis, the “City of the Dead,” a very unusual early Roman cemetery, where families built elaborate stone houses for crypts.
Answer: The sign of the cross is essentially always done in a particular manner in the Latin Church (up, down, left, right) and therefore the Latin Church does not have a need to put into the rubrics the exact manner the sign of the cross is to be performed.
As Ratzinger puts it, “the fundamental principle of the sacrifice is not destruction but love. And even this principle only belongs to the sacrifice to the extent that love breaks down, opens up, crucifies, tears—as the form that love takes in a world characterized by death and self-seeking.”.
Boniface steadied the nerves of his friends and as they approached the pagan gathering he said, “Here is the Thunder Oak; and here the cross of Christ shall break the hammer of the false god Thor.” Boniface and his friends arrived at the time of the sacrifice, which was interrupted by their presence. In a show of great trust in God and born ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the Greek word translated as “cross” in the New Testament, stauros, actually means “upright stake” or, in their words, “torture stake.”. They claim that Jesus was nailed through both wrists on a large vertical stake without a crossbeam (pictured below).
We also have evidence that the early Christians knew Jesus was crucified on a cross, not a stake. In the year A.D. 100, the epistle of Barnabas described how Jesus’ outstretched arms on the cross were similar to Moses’ outstretched arms in a battle with the Amalekites (Barnabas 12:2).