Vico's signature crosses

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I really didn’t want to open a thread about this, but perhaps it’s better than derailing any of the others that are currently active.

Anyway, regarding the crosses in your signature:

(1) Where do they come from?

(2) the one billed as “Maronite” is not. That three-barred cross is not particularly part of Maronite tradition. It’s a fabrication of a certain American-based school of neo-Maronite thought. It’s also often billed as “Antiochian” (as that certain school admits) and I’ve seen it used by the Antiochian Orthodox.

(3) the designation “Roman” on the first is inaccurate. It should read “Latin” since the form is not specifically of the Roman Church but that of the Latin Church. It’s even called "Latin in church architecture,
 
It would have been nice to include the ankh as well with the Coptic Cross.
 
The Cross in ByzCath’s post identified as a Maronite Cross I’ve also seen called a Patriarchal Cross. (The Archepiscopal/Metropolitical Cross has two beams).

Regarding the Ankh, the syllable itself means “life” in ancient Egyptian, the forerunner of modern (!) Coptic. It also resembles the Greek Chi Rho, monogram of Christ. So to Coptic Christians (who also spoke a lot of Greek) the Ankh meant, “In the Cross of Christ is life!”

However, I’ve not seen it much in my admittedly limited interaction with Copts, whom I embrace as true Orthodox Christians.
 
bpbasilphx said:
However, I’ve not seen it much in my admittedly limited interaction with Copts, whom I embrace as true Orthodox Christians.
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no, neither have i.

they mostly seem to display crosses like this one, and i’ve seen photos of some Coptic Christians with small budded cross tattoos on their wrists.
 
grace_singh said:
no, neither have i.

they mostly seem to display crosses like this one, and i’ve seen photos of some Coptic Christians with small budded cross tattoos on their wrists.
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I’ve worn a small one along the line of this for years. I periodically get spoken to by women from Ethiopia who notice it. http://tinyurl.com/yju7tkf An Orthodox priest once mentioned to me that this tradition never has the body of Christ on their crosses.
 
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that is neat. the Ethiopian Orthodox crosses are truly ornate, and beautiful. which tradition / church do you belong to?
 
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