The Cross before Constantine: The Early Life of a Christian Symbol by Bruce W. Longenecker
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Overview: 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.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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