CROSSINGS: WEEK THREE
The Cross and the Crossbar
Today, we turn to the Cross and the Crossbar. This image is structural, about the shape of the cross. But it is also a bodily image — outstretched arms, extended arms. The word for the crossbar in Latin is patibulum, a crossbar that the Romans often added to the stake for execution. Some scholars suggest th…
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