True Cross
According to Christian tradition, the True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. According to medieval legend, the True Cross was built from the Tree of Jesse (father of King David), which became identified with the Tree of Life that had grown in the Garden of Eden.
External links
- Jan Willem Drijvers, "Helena Augusta": the three legends that circulated about the finding of the Cross, the Helena legend, the Protonike legend and the Judas Kyriakos legend, with references to the contemporary sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia: "True Cross," the official Catholic view
- OCA Synaxarion: Exaltation of the Cross, traditional Orthodox view
- Ron Loeffler, "The True Cross": a skeptical Protestant view.
- Fernand Cabrol, "The true Cross": a Catholic view
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Finding the True Cross |
| ► | Conservation of the relics |
| ► | Dispersal of relics of the True Cross |
| ► | Veneration of the Cross |
| ► | Movies |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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