Kim Bowes: belief

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…They don’t wear crosses around their necks or in any other way? The cross is a latecomer to Christian identity. They have other ways of expressing their religious belonging. Remember, the earliest cross in the Christian world isn’t a cross like we think of it, as a cross like this. It’s the initials of Christ, which is a Greek Chi and a Rho—Christos—that are set in an emblem that looks like an X and a P superimposed. That’s the earliest, if you like, symbolic representation of Christianity. Not the cross. Say, back then, there’s a Christian private cult, the private cult aspect of it, what would that be organized around? Is it a charismatic leader, is it some belief, or is it what part of town you lived in?…

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