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Jesus?
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Martin L. Oxford Review Special
Correspondent
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dzºÎÇÑ ¿ª»ç¸¦ °®´Â°¡? JERUSALEM, Israel - Does the use of the cross as a Christian symbol date from
the fourth century AD? Or, does it have a far older and richer history?
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°Å½½·¯ ¿Ã¶ó°£´Ù°í Á¦¾ÈÇÏ´Â °Í °°´Ù. The answer to these questions may surprise most Christians as scholars today
have discovered remarkable evidence which seems to suggest that the cross-mark
was a popular sign of God's deliverance, dating as far back as the days of
Moses.
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»õ°ÜÁ® ÀÖ´Ù. Dating to the early part of the first century, the sign of the cross
marks the entrance to a Christian catacomb on the Mount of
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Dating from the year 79 A.D., an alter, and above it a cross-mark, was
discovered at a Christian worship site in the Roman city of Herculaneum.
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