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1. aleteia.org › 2020/09/29 › what-kind-of-wood-was-theWhat kind of wood was the Cross of Christ made of? - Aleteia

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   Sep 29, 2020 · There has long been a tradition that the cross was made up of a number of different woods — usually three, in honor of the Trinity, but sometimes more. “An old legend makes out that the Cross ...

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   Sep 12, 2015 · It is said the tree trembles because it was used as the wood of the cross. The name for the tree in Hebrew is baca, which also is the name of the “Valley of Weeping” mentioned in Psalm 84. “The Catholic Encyclopedia” notes that, by the 19th century, it was accepted that the cross was made of pine, citing the work of Charles Rohault de ...

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4. catholicexchange.com › origin-of-the-wood-of-the-crossThe Origin of the Wood of the Cross - Catholic Exchange

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   Feb 15, 2021 · The foot of the Cross is Cedar, The Palm holds back the hands, Th’ tall Cypress holds the body, The Olive in joy is inscribed. Lipsius (d. 1606), the most learned writer on the subject, thinks that the Cross was probably of oak, a wood abounding in Palestine, easily procured and strong. The relics he had seen he thought to be of that wood.

5. aleteia.org › 2018/03/16 › where-did-the-wood-ofWhere did the wood of Jesus’ cross come from? - Aleteia

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   Mar 16, 2018 · Of this wood was the cross of Christ made. While there is no evidence that this could have ever happened, the legend highlights a spiritual connection that does exist. St. Paul put it this way in ...

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   Oct 16, 2024 · True Cross, Christian relic, reputedly the wood of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Legend relates that the True Cross was found by St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 326 ce. The earliest historical references to veneration of the True Cross is found in works by doctors of the ...

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   Jan 25, 2024 · Throughout the world, images of the cross adorn the walls and steeples of churches. For some Christians, the cross is part of their daily attire worn around their necks. Sometimes the cross even adorns the body of a Christian in permanent ink. In Egypt, among other countries, for example, Christians wear a tattoo of the cross on their wrists.

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   How do we know that these pieces of wood are from Jesus' cross?

   • Tradition holds that these pieces of wood are part of the cross that Jesus hung on around 30 or 33 AD. St. Helena, the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, discovered them during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

   How do we know that these pieces of wood are from Jesus' cross?

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   What type of wood was Christ's Cross made from?

   • The word “rood” refers to Christ’s cross and comes from an Old Saxon word, ruoda, meaning a stake or cross. There are various ideas about what type of wood the cross was from. Many have heard the legend that it was made from dogwood which, according to legend, was then a large tree like the oak.

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   Where did the wood of the cross come from?

   • The question of where the wood of the cross came from has also given rise to traditions leading to the construction of eccleciastical structures to commemorate the supposed spot or spots. “To the west of Jerusalem is a fair church where the tree of the Cross grew,” Sir John Mandeville said around 1360.

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   What is a cross made of?

   • There has long been a tradition that the cross was made up of a number of different woods — usually three, in honor of the Trinity, but sometimes more. “An old legend makes out that the Cross was made of ‘Palm of Victory,’ ‘Cedar of Incorruption,’ and ‘Olive for Royal and Priestly Unction.’ And in a Latin verse we are told:

   What kind of wood was the Cross of Christ made of? - Aleteia

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   Did Christ make a cross?

   • And it lay there unused for 1090 years, that is, till Christ came. Of this wood was the cross of Christ made. While there is no evidence that this could have ever happened, the legend highlights a spiritual connection that does exist. St.

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   What kind of trees were used for the cross?

   • One staff was cedar, another pine and, the third, cypress. Abraham gave these to Lot, who planted them in what became the Promised Land and watered them with water from the Jordan. The staffs became one tree, which was later used for the cross. Even Adam figures into a legend about the cross’ wood.

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   Mar 29, 2024 · Tradition holds that these pieces of wood are part of the cross that Jesus hung on around 30 or 33 AD. St. Helena, the mother of Roman Emperor Constantine, discovered them during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land. "She got down on her knees and began to ask the Lord to show her where she had to dig, said Father Sergio Tapia of the Pontifical ...