“O CRUX, SPLENDIDIOR CUNCTIS ASTRIS, MUNDO CELEBRIS, HOMINIBUS MULTUM AMABILIS, SANCTIOR UNIVERSIS.” |
[BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, Festival of the Invention of the Holy Cross. |
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CHAPTER I. | |
WAS THE STAUROS OF JESUS CROSS-SHAPED? | 13 |
CHAPTER II. | |
THE EVIDENCE OF MINUCIUS FELIX | 31 |
CHAPTER III. | |
THE EVIDENCE OF THE OTHER FATHERS | 41 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
CURIOUS STATEMENTS OF IRENÆUS | 52 |
CHAPTER V. | |
ORIGIN OF THE PRE-CHRISTIAN CROSS | 57 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN CROSS | 65 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
THE ESTABLISHER OF THE CHURCH | 82 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
CROSS AND CRESCENT | 92 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
THE CORONATION ORB | 104 |
CHAPTER X. | |
ROMAN COINS BEFORE CONSTANTINE | 119 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
THE COINS OF CONSTANTINE | 133 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
ROMAN COINS AFTER CONSTANTINE | 142 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST | 147 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
THE CROSS OF THE LOGOS | 163 |
CHAPTER XV. | |
THE PRE-CHRISTIAN CROSS IN EUROPE | 169 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
THE PRE-CHRISTIAN CROSS IN ASIA | 178 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
THE PRE-CHRISTIAN CROSS IN AFRICA | 183 |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
EVIDENCE OF TROY | 187 |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
EVIDENCE OF CYPRUS | 193 |
CHAPTER XX. | |
MISCELLANEOUS EVIDENCE | 204 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
SUMMARY | 214 |