Ediker Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 The poor horse... someone bury it... or burn it ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 5 hours ago, craiga said: aAs a life long Catholic, I have never seen anyone wearing anything resembling those robes, particularly with the strange designs on the front. So, not wrong. The decoration is a variant of the Tau cross (popular with St. Francis of Assisi) and called the Ankh or Ansata Cross. It is a very old symbol found on the walls of the catacombs in Rome and more popular in the Eastern Rite (Uniate) traditions of Catholicism. An edited synopsis from a respected Art History compendium of art found on the catacomb walls in Rome. "The Ankh is a great example of the veneration of the cross in primitative Christian times. The circle above the Tau was simply a handle by which people could hold the Cross as they walked. The Ethiopian Church has maintained this tradition since their priests and bishops are expected to be always holding a hand Cross, especially when they are speaking to others. In Egypt, the early Greek missionaries quickly took the opportunity to tell the people there that the Tau they loved so much was the symbol of the Son of God Whose Gospel they came to deliver to them. Nonetheless, the Tau became wildly popular in Europe as the Ansata Cross, becoming the emblem of St. Anthony of Egypt and of St. Francis of Assisi. Tertullian and others wrote that the letter "T" indicated the shape of the true Cross of our Lord." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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