03-20-2007, 12:03 AM
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The Episcopal Church [Armed] Service[s] Cross carries the design of the ancient Crusader's Cross, the five-fold cross symbolic of the five wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ at his crucifixion. The words embossed upon it are taken from the Service of Holy Communion:Â Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
The Crusader's Cross was originally known as the Jerusalem Cross, incorporated in the coat-of-arms of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century as the coat-of-arms of Godfrey de Bouillon, first ruler of that kingdom. This Jerusalem Cross was carried on the shields, banners, and coats of the Crusaders from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and so became identified with them as the Crusader's Cross.
<b>This cross is sometimes used as the emblem of missionary work, </b>the large center cross representing the original Church in Jerusalem, and the smaller crosses indicating the four corners of the earth to which Christianity was spread through missionary endeavor.
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The Episcopal Church [Armed] Service[s] Cross carries the design of the ancient Crusader's Cross, the five-fold cross symbolic of the five wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ at his crucifixion. The words embossed upon it are taken from the Service of Holy Communion:Â Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
The Crusader's Cross was originally known as the Jerusalem Cross, incorporated in the coat-of-arms of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century as the coat-of-arms of Godfrey de Bouillon, first ruler of that kingdom. This Jerusalem Cross was carried on the shields, banners, and coats of the Crusaders from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and so became identified with them as the Crusader's Cross.
<b>This cross is sometimes used as the emblem of missionary work, </b>the large center cross representing the original Church in Jerusalem, and the smaller crosses indicating the four corners of the earth to which Christianity was spread through missionary endeavor.
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