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The Cross before Constantine

The Cross before Constantine PDF Author: Bruce W. Longenecker
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 1506400361
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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Book Description
Upending a longstanding consensus, Bruce W. Longenecker presents a wide variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use of the cross as a visual symbol of their faith long before Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century. Constantine did not invent the cross as a symbol of Christian faith; for an impressive number of Christians before Constantine’s reign, the cross served as a visual symbol of commitment to a living deity in a dangerous world.