SYMBOLISM OF THE CROSS.
Ghent: Sophia Perennis, 2001. Translated by Angus McNab; 149 pages. Item #35641
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The cross is a symbol met with almost everywhere, and from the remotest times; it is therefore far from belonging exclusively to the Christian tradition which, at any rate in its outward and generally known aspect, seems to have lost sight of its symbolical character and to regard it as but a sign of an historical event. Actually, these viewpoints are in no waise mutually exclusive, for the cross, like any other symbol, can be regarded according to manifold senses. The object before us, however, is the metaphysical sense; all other applications are secondary and contingent. If we do consider some of these it will be to attach them to the metaphysical order, for this is what gives them their value. (Condensed from the preface)
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