WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -cross, the principal symbol of the Christian religion, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion and death. The cross is thus a sign both of Christ himself and of the faith of Christians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cross, still in use today, is also called ‘Crux immissa’. Every Christian and connoisseur of the Christian religion knows where the symbol of the cross comes from: the cross refers to the crucifixion scene depicted in the New Testament.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although making the sign of the cross-forehead, breast, shoulders-is known to have dated from at least as early as the beginning of the second century, it was not part of Christian iconography, or symbols, until the fourth century.