Book-bot.com - read famous books online for free

The Non-Christian Cross - An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons
page 28 of 159 (17%)
called a sail abide safe in the ship; and the earth is
not ploughed without it: diggers and mechanics do not
their work except with tools which have this shape. And
the human form differs from that of the irrational
animals in nothing else than in its being erect and
having the hands extended and having on the face
extending from the forehead what is called the nose,
through which there is respiration for the living
creature; and this shows no other form than that of the
cross. And so it was said by the prophet _The breath
before our face is the Lord Christ_. And the power of
this form is shown by your own symbols on what are
called standards and trophies; with which all your
processions are made, using these as insignia of your
power and government."[15]

Elsewhere Justin Martyr declares that the Christ

"Was symbolised both by the Tree of Life which was said
to have been planted in Paradise, and by those events
which should happen to all the just. Moses was sent with
a _rod_ to effect the redemption of the people; and with
this in his hands at the head of the people he divided
the sea. By this he saw the water gushing out of the
rock; and when he cast a _tree_ into the waters of
Marah, which were bitter, he made them sweet. Jacob by
putting _rods_ into the water troughs caused the sheep
of his uncle to conceive . . . . Aaron's _rod_ which
blossomed declared him to be the High Priest. Isaiah
prophesied that a rod would come forth from the root of
DigitalOcean Referral Badge