History of Christianity - E-book - ePub

Cross necklaces were the centre of the life of the Christians. Tertullian, one of the great church fathers mentioned thefaithful followers of Christianity as the cross devotees. Greatdevotion of the Christians towards the Christ cross is defined asthe symbol for Lord, St. Paulinus for Nola. Archaeologists foundcross marks in the ancient civilizations between 2nd and the 5th centuries. Drawings as well as the etchings on the walls, andeven in the catacombs at Rome, and the walls of the burialchambers of the first and second centuries, had cross symbolsin many sites.
As a matter of fact, Christianity history datesback even a thousand years before that.