"The Non-Christian Cross" Watchtower Research Jehovah's Witnesses Bible Student

Description: Here is "The Non-Christian Cross" by John Parsons from 1896, this 224 page book is a new reprint. This book is of obvious interest to Jehovah's Witnesses who also believe that the Christian symbol of the Cross is of pagan origins. This book has been quoted by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society many times in various publications. FROM THE PREFACE: The history of the symbol of the cross has had an attraction for the author ever since, as an inquiring youth, he found himself unable to obtain satisfactory answers to three questions concerning the same which presented themselves to his mind. The first of those questions was why John the Baptist, who was beheaded before Jesus was executed, and so far as we are told never had anything to do with a cross, is represented in our religious pictures as holding a cross. The second question was why, despite the fact that the instrument of execution to which Jesus was affixed can have had but one shape, almost any kind of cross is accepted as a symbol of our faith. The last of the three questions was why many varieties of the cross of four equal arms, which certainly was not a representation of an instrument of execution, were accepted by Christians as symbols of the Christ before any cross which could possibly have been a representation of an instrument of execution was given a place among the symbols of Christianity. Pursuing these matters for himself, the author eventually found that even before our era the cross was venerated by many as the symbol of Life; though our works of reference seldom mention this fact, and never do it justice. He moreover discovered that no one has ever written a complete history of the symbol, showing the possibility that the stauros or post to which Jesus was affixed was not cross-shaped, and the certainty that, in any case, what eventually became the symbol of our faith owed some of its prestige as a Christian symbol of Victory and Life to the position it occupied in pre-Christian days. To All Collectors of Watchtower Publications: Welcome to our bookstore / museum: WTArchive, a source of Watchtower memorabilia, historical Bibles, books, and research. Since the "Proclaimers" book came out in 1993 the desire to have a personal library or museum of Watchtower items has grown. We offer here on eBay hundreds of historical Bibles, both original and as facsimiles, such as the Gutenberg Bible, Tyndale and about 250 others. We also offer many original Bible leafs that are hundreds of years old. We offer museum replicas and facsimiles of Biblical artifacts and many other things of interest to Jehovah's Witnesses and others interested in Biblical historical artifacts such as items related to the Divine Name "Jehovah" going back thousands of years. We also have many of the books quoted in publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses and hundreds of photos and reproductions of memorabilia from the 19th to early 20th Centuries such as the Photo-Drama of Creation. We have items such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and other replica artifacts from Bible times. Many people are interested in copying to the best of their ability the Bethel Library including the thousands of books referred to and quoted from in the many publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses for research. We have books dealing with the following topics: Hundreds of Bible Translations, Biblical Reference Books, Early Christianity, History, Science, Pagan Origins, Archaeology, Jehovah's Witnesses, Holocaust, Books related to prophecy about 1914, Books by or about Jehovah's Witnesses, Blood transfusion alternatives, and many other subjects. If you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I encourage you to donate theocratic historical items if you can and if you are not a Witness, then I encourage you to continue to search God's Word the Bible and related publications to guide and aid you in your search for Jehovah God your Creator. According to our Scriptural conscience and Biblical principle to receive free and give free no recent or new publications are ever sold here on eBay which can be obtained for free at a Kingdom Hall. "This means everlasting life their coming to know you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ" John 17:3 "And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come" Matt. 24:14. {New World Translation 2013 Edition}.

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