Consecration Cross

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Consecration Cross

A ordination Cross , also Acts cross or Konsekrationskreuz (lat. Crux signata ) is formed of curved lines and enclosed by a circle cross ( cross Nimbus ).

Consecration Cross

Consecration crosses are usually found in the canteen (cover plate) of altars, on the walls of churches and on liturgical implements . When Kirch or altar - ordination have been since the Middle Ages and in the Catholic the altar plate and at twelve places the interior walls of the building with areas still chrism and anointed with holy water sprinkled. Liturgical implements are also “consecrated” in this way. The places of the anointing were marked with the consecration cross. This thus reminds of the consecration through which buildings or objects were placed in cultic service and thus withdrawn from profane use.

The reformers in the sixteenth century rejected the consecration of objects; Worship services take place everywhere and are not tied to consecrated places and objects. Consecration crosses were understood as papal emblems and were often painted over in Protestant churches. Some only reappeared centuries later during renovations.

Examples

In the Bornholm round churches , the Nylars Church and the Ny Kirke are located on the inner walls of the round ships ever a consecration crosses.

In the Norwegian churches in Reinli , Fisker and Slidredomen there are consecration crosses in the shape of the wheel cross . In the Reinli stave church (near Fagernes in Valdres , built around 1250 to 1300) the consecration crosses are painted in blue on the wooden walls. In the wooden church Fisker (near Fåberg , in Maihaugen in Lillehammer , built around 1459) the consecration crosses are carved into the wooden walls. In the stone church Slidredomen (in the municipality of Vestre , Slidre, Oppland , built in the 11th century) there is a red consecration cross painted on the stone wall.

In Portugal , the old Sé Velha Cathedral in Coimbra (built around 1140) has a consecration cross carved into the masonry, also in the shape of a wheel cross.

  • Nylar's church, pulpit, consecration cross

  • Ny Kirke - interior and choir, consecration cross

  • Consecration cross in the Reinli stave church

  • Consecration cross in the Slidredomenkirche

  • Consecration Cross in Coimbra Cathedral

Apostles Cross

Consecration cross with chandelier, St. Anna in Ellmau (Tyrol)

In some churches the consecration crosses together with the Apostles' candlesticks mark the places where the walls of the church were anointed during the consecration of the church; they are therefore also called Apostle Crosses . This cross shape can be found mainly in Catholic and pre-Reformation churches. Typically in the Romanesque and Gothic styles, twelve apostle crosses are found on the walls or pillars of the church, including on the outside walls.

Papal Cross

Up until the Reformation , the form of the consecration cross was also used as a papal emblem , which is why the name papal cross is also used . It is, however, to be differentiated from today's papal cross , which is a modification of the patriarchal cross with three crossbars.

heraldry

Cross in the coat of arms of Ingå

The consecration cross, also known as the atonement cross or wheel cross, is a common figure in heraldry and is rarely used in the coat of arms .

A common cross surrounded by a circle is shown in general . All cross arms touch the circular ring, and the tinging is only set off against the field color of the coat of arms. The cross arms can also take the form of a paw cross in order to achieve an aesthetic in the coat of arms.

Wheel cross

The wheel cross , also known as the sun cross, is a pre-Christian light and sun symbol that was venerated by Asian, Central and South American peoples, the Egyptian pharaohs and the Germanic peoples. With the division of the cross area into four segments, it was considered a symbol for the years and phases of life.

See also

  • Celtic cross (high cross) in which the bars in the Celtic knot are extended over the nimbus

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Examples from the medieval Protestant churches in Groß-Grönau and Gütz
  2. ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry . 2nd edition Edition Battenberg, Regenstauff 2006, ISBN 3-86646-010-4 (EA Mannheim 1984).
  3. ↑ The symbolic history of the cross, an ancient sign - present in everyday life ( memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), blick magazin, regional church office of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck .
  4. ^ The cross symbol ( Memento from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).

Web links

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