cross of Calvary
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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
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The trefoil signified the Trinity, and the cross no longer the rays of the sun on water, but the cross of Calvary.
From The Book of Hallowe'en by Kelley, Ruth Edna
In the light of the Spirit she saw that the Star of Bethlehem always leads to the cross of Calvary.
From Christmas Stories And Legends by Curtiss, Phebe A.
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 O'Brien, Frederick
In Christ on the cross of Calvary, made an atoning sacrifice for sin, bearing the curse of the broken law in our place, we have Christ for us.
From The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit by Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer)
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