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The Eight End True Cross
The eight end cross came to be understood as expressing more
completely the Gospel message. Therefore, when the cross is to be represented
symbolically, as atop a church building or as religious jewelry etc., the eight
ended cross became the only acceptable usage of it. Also, as it turns out, all
the apostates continue to use the less meaningful type of cross, and so there
is all the more reason to avoid the use of such other types of crosses. The
eight point cross is commonly understood as being distinctly the Russian Cross. When the Apostle Andrew arrived in the land which later would be known as Russia he placed an eight pointed cross in the ground in order to completely express the Gospel. This is why, for Russians, to reject the eight pointed cross means not to be Christian. The centuries old cross shown above is from the Pomorsky Old Believers who said they never could add the heretical image of the bird above the crucified Christ to their crosses. If we look in the back ground of the slanted bar portion of the above cross we can see the New Jerusalem. Russia understood itself as being that prophetic city.
In contrast to the strict Old Believer True Cross you might notice in the following picture of a Nikonite cross. We can see the exhumed unholy incorrupt remains of Metropolitan Philaret, confessor of multitudes of heresies. Here we see that he is keeping a western style Latinized crucifix, complete with a dangling Christ. What a disgrace the Nikonites have found themselves in. Let us hope that a few of the Nikonites will make a good repentance before it is too late.
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