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cross of Calvary

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noun

  1. a Latin cross with a representation of steps beneath it.


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The tusks lend the cross an undulating vitality, repeated in the budding motif of the Garden of Eden's Tree of Life, then supposed to be the material of the original cross of Calvary.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked in faith to the cross of Calvary, trusting in the all-sufficient propitiation for sin.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White

It means to rest all our hope of acceptance before God upon the finished work of Christ upon the cross of Calvary.

From The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit by R. A. (Reuben Archer) Torrey

We left him beside the road and walked slowly beneath the arch of trees toward the mountain whose summit was crowned by the white cross of Calvary graveyard.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien

Visit of Le Moine; the story of Paul Gauguin; his house, and a search for his grave beneath the white cross of Calvary.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien

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