Inverted crosses in the background of Arkansas Catholic newspaper site

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This may be nothing, but I found this webpage rather interesting
arkansas-catholic.org/article.php?id=444

Not only for the fact that it is an official diocesan newspaper website which promotes centering prayer, but also for the satanic inverted crosses in its blue background (the two blue strips along the sides).
 
An inverted cross is the sign of St Peter.

He was crucified up side down, as his persecutors did not want to give him a death which was too similar to Jesus.
 
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Catholic29:
This may be nothing, but I found this webpage rather interesting
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Libero:
An inverted cross is the sign of St Peter.

He was crucified up side down, as his persecutors did not want to give him a death which was too similar to Jesus.
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Thanks, Libero. I had always heard that Peter died that way, although I had heard it that Peter, not his persecutors, requested a manner of death different than Jesus’.

The bottom line is that there is a non-Satanic reason for using that symbol.

An aside: Surprisingly, when I checked the “New Catholic Encyclopedia” through my university’s library, I found it a little non-committal about Peter’s death. Here’s a quote:

“All that can be said with certainty is that he went to Rome and was martyred there. … By the late 2d and early 3d centuries, the tradition of Peter’s Roman sojourn and martyrdom is solidly established. The martyrdom is usually dated 64 or 65 during the Neronian persecution. The tradition that he was crucified goes back to Tertullian (De praescriptione 36; Scorpiacus 15).”

– from Peter, Apostle, St.
 
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Thanks, Libero. I had always heard that Peter died that way, although I had heard it that Peter, not his persecutors, requested a manner of death different than Jesus’.

The bottom line is that there is a non-Satanic reason for using that symbol.
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First of all, Satanist use an up-side down cruxifix, not a cross.

Secondly, even if the Satanists were using a bona-fide Catholic symbol, does it follow that we should STOP using it, just because they stole the imagry?

And, yes, Peter did request to die that way, like Andrew he did not feel worthy to die in the same way as Our Lord.

Andrew was cruxified on an ‘X’ shaped cross, Peter was cruxified on an invered cross.

And as the ‘X’ cross is the symbol of St. Andrew (see the flag of Scotland), the inverted cross is the symbol of Peter
 
And as the ‘X’ cross is the symbol of St. Andrew (see the flag of Scotland), the inverted cross is the symbol of Peter
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I did not know that one - I like the Union Jack more than all of the separate ones though 😛
 
Actually, they have a link on the site that explains the inverted crosses in the background.

BTW & FWIW: I was the one who emailed them about the site being “hacked” which led to the explanation. (Guess my fifteen minutes is up! 😛 )
 
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Libero:
I did not know that one - I like the Union Jack more than all of the separate ones though 😛
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Yep, the White ‘X’ on the blue field is the flag of Scotland

The red cross on the white field is the cross of St. George (patron of England)

They College of Heralds invented a red “X” on a white field and called in the cross of St. Patrick for Ireland. That is actually a falsehood, as St. Patrick was not a martyr, so he doesn’t have a cross. 😉
 
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Libero:
I did not know that one - I like the Union Jack more than all of the separate ones though 😛
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I’d much prefer you said Union Flag 😉 It’s technically only a Jack when flown from the ‘jack-staff’ of a ship.

Mike
 
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