The Cross : Its Place in the Hudra and Its Sign in Baptism and Eucharist / Charles Payngot.

includes index and biblioraphy

The cult of the Cross CHAPTER 1. The Cross in the liturgical year .......... 1 The feast of the Cross ........................p. 1 The Period of the Cross .............................p. 15 Commemoration of the miracle of the Cross of St. Thomas ......................................p. 22 The legends about the finding of the Cross ............ p. 30 The Protonice legend ................................p. 31 i The Helena legend ................................p. 32 The Cyriac legend ................................p. 33 Displaying the Cross ........................... p. 39 The Cross on the altar ...........................p. 40 The Cross in processions inside the Church .........p. 45 The Cross in processions during the eucharistic liturgy ...............................p. 45 - ii - The Cross in the procession during the onita d`basaliqe of Ramsa ...............................p. 66 The Cross during the processi-c-ns-¿>utside the¿church ..p. 67 The sign of the Cross ........................p. 69 The origin of the sign of the Cross ...........p. 71 The sign of the Cross is made from right to left ...................................p. 76 The sign of the Cross made from East to West ..p. 79 The different ways of signing ...............p. 81 Position of the fingers during the signing ....p. 83 The essential signings ....................p. 85 The sign of the Cross in baptism and in the eucharistic liturgy .......................p. 89 The sign of the Cross in baptism ..................p. 89 The first signing ..................................p. 90 The meaning of this signing ...........................p. 99 The second signing ...............................p. 101 The meaning of this signing ..................... .-p. 106 The third signing ...........................p. 106 The meaning of this signing .....................p. 109 General conclusions on the signing of baptism .....p. 109 The sign of the Cross in the eucharistic liturgy..p. 112 The sign of the Cross on the oblation ..........p. 112 The signing on the priest himself .............p. 128 The signing over the people ..................p. 132 The other signings over the people- ................p. 136 The use of oil in the baptismal signings.p. 138 John bar Zo`bi on the sign of the Cross.p. 143 The Theology of the Cross The meaning of the Cross in the Chaldean tradition ..........................p. 152 The O.T. types of the Cross ............... p. 161 The tree of Life in paradise ................ p. 162 The ark of Noah ............................ p. 164 The lamb that substituted Issac ............. p. 166 Jacob`s sticks that helped him to increase his flock ................................ p. 168 Jacob`s blessing over Joseph`s sons ......... p. 169 Moses` staff dividing the sea .............. p. 171 The wood of Marah ........................ p. 172 Moses` extended hands during the battle against the Amalekites .................. p. 174 Moses` bronze serpent ....................... p. 175 Joshua`s javelin in the battle of Ai ......... p. 176 Elisha`s stick that made the axe float ........ p. 177 Aaron`s branch that blossomed ............... p. 178 The ark of the covenant ................... p. 179 The Achievements of the Cross ............ p. 181 The victory over death ....................... p. 182 The victory over Sheol ........................ p. 190 The victory over sin ........................ p. 193 The victory over Satan ...................... p. 197 The victory over Judaism and paganism ....... p. 200 The bestowal of life ....................... p. 203 The eschatological Cross .................. p. 211