/kloc-since the middle of the 0/8th century, the allied forces of Italy and France have launched a war against Austria. In the two fierce battles, both sides suffered heavy casualties. It aroused great sympathy from Swiss traveler Henri Dunant, who called on all countries in the world to set up battlefield rescue organizations. This initiative was widely supported by the society at that time.
This proposal was first responded by the Geneva Public Welfare Association, and Henri Dunant and other five people were recommended to form the International Rescue Committee.
In the Geneva Convention, the International Rescue Committee stipulates that the Swiss Red Cross, the national flag of Switzerland, should be used as the emblem to express greetings to the Swiss government that initiated and fully supported the organization.
1880, the organization officially changed its name to "International Committee of the Red Cross". Since then, the Red Cross has become a universal symbol of health departments all over the world. The emblem of the Red Cross is a red cross on a white background, which is the symbol of the International Red Cross and the China Red Cross.
The church uses the cross:
Christians wear crosses. Although they are different in color, they are very similar in shape. So did the Red Cross sign of the Red Cross evolve from the religious cross? There are two completely different opinions: yes and no.
Those who hold positive opinions think that according to the original Latin meaning, the cross means "fork". It is made by crossing two pieces of wood, just like the Chinese character "ten". When the Roman Empire wanted to execute slaves or foreigners without civil rights, it nailed the victim's hands to both ends of the crossbar, nailed his feet side by side to the lower end of the straight wood, and then erected a cross to let the victim die painfully.
Therefore, the cross has been a symbol of torture for a long time, which is daunting.
According to the Bible, in the era of Emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37), Jesus was sentenced to death by the Roman Governor Pilate for treason and was crucified. After Jesus died, his Christians took the cross as a symbol of their faith. The cross at this time is not only to commemorate Jesus, but also to silently condemn the rulers at that time.
The national flags of some Christian countries have cross-shaped symbols of different sizes and colors. Later, the meaning of the cross was further extended, representing humanism and neutrality.
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Various styles of crosses:
1, Latin cross Latin cross is the most common Christian cross. It consists of two beams, a long beam and a short beam. The vertical one is longer than the horizontal one. Vertical symbolizes the kingdom of God, horizontal symbolizes the world, and the intersection of the two symbolizes the unity of heaven and earth.
2, T-shaped cross T-shaped cross is also called Anthony cross, Tau cross or Egyptian cross, also called robber cross, because the robber who was hanged with Jesus was hanged on this cross. Among them, the name of Tau Cross comes from the 19 letter τ in Greek and the last letter Taw in Hebrew.
3. The Archbishop's Cross, also known as Byzantine Cross, is a variant of the Christian religious symbol Holy Cross. It's basically the same as the Latin cross, except that there is a small bar on it. In the symbols of the cross in Byzantine Greece and Eastern Europe, the archbishop's cross will be marked with a slash, which is also one of the symbols commonly used by the Orthodox Church.
4. Lorraine Cross? Similar to the archbishop's cross, the Lorraine Cross is known as the "real cross". It was adopted by Godfrey from 1099 in Buyong, Herzog von Lothringen as the symbol of Lorraine family. In World War II, General Charles de Gaulle even adopted this cross as a symbol of French resistance and a symbol of free France.
5. The Celtic Cross The Celtic Cross is the symbol of a cross, and its central intersection is connected with a ring.
The early Celtic cross usually refers to a stone tablet named highcross standing on the base of a cube. The ring in the stone tablet is a tool to strengthen the connection of limbs. The front of the early highcross was broad and simple, with many animal patterns carved on it. Later, its surface was engraved with poetry.
6. Jerusalem Cross The Jerusalem Cross is sometimes called the "Crusader Cross". It is a heraldic cross or Christian symbol, which consists of a big Greek cross surrounded by four small Greek crosses, symbolizing the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to the four poles of the earth.
The simpler form of this cross (the four ends of the big cross do not extend) is often called the "Crusader Cross" because during the first Crusade that year, Pope Urbano II gave a papal flag with this symbol to the Crusaders. Later, the cross became a symbol of Jerusalem, the Latin kingdom.
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