. The Open court. Aram^. Warriors, Wearing theCross as an Amulet for Pro-tection IN Battle. S■JAUROLATR^■. 547 become the emblem of the Christian church, its coat of arms, thesymbol of invincible power and transcendent glory. (-— ~~~-—--—— —-- =r=—:::r= 5^;—^^ etsa mi=i onra tart am T^r k™— _ RTp „ 8= ^ Tip H _ TJ _ ff. The Transfiguration of Christ, Showing a Combination ofCross and Chrism a. (From L. Veuillot.) The Chrisma, having served its purpose in the time of transi-tion, lost more and more its significance as the coat of arms of 548 THE OPEN COURT. Christianity and yielded its place to
. The Open court. Aram^. Warriors, Wearing theCross as an Amulet for Pro-tection IN Battle. S■JAUROLATR^■. 547 become the emblem of the Christian church, its coat of arms, thesymbol of invincible power and transcendent glory. (-— ~~~-—--—— —-- =r=—:::r= 5^;—^^ etsa mi=i onra tart am T^r k™— _ RTp „ 8= ^ Tip H _ TJ _ ff. The Transfiguration of Christ, Showing a Combination ofCross and Chrism a. (From L. Veuillot.) The Chrisma, having served its purpose in the time of transi-tion, lost more and more its significance as the coat of arms of 548 THE OPEN COURT. Christianity and yielded its place to the cross, which now assumesa definite shape, the four-cornered upright cross, an erect, elon-gated figure of two intersecting lines cj-). The Rev. Mr. Sinker sums up his opinion of the adoption ofthe cross (which is from the standpoint of the orthodox believer)as follows : A double, and indeed manifold, meaning attached to the cross from the earli-est ages. Derived as a Christian sign from the monogram, and connected withtraditions of ancient learning, by its Egyptian form, it may be said to have stoodfor all things to all men. To the earliest members of the Church it representedtheir Master, who was all in all to them ; and thus in their view, a somewhat widerand happier one than in later days, it represented
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