History of the Cross
by Henry Dana Ward
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Author: Henry Dana WardForeword: Paul Tice
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-07-01
ISBN: 1585090565
Number of pages: 104
Publisher: Book Tree
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Book Review: "worth the read"
Summary: 4 Stars
History of the Cross: The Pagan Origin and Idolatrous Adoption and Worship of the Image by Henry Dana Ward - 1871
Filled with prejudice, sexual frustration, ignorance and fear, Henry Dana Ward sets out to show how the crucifix was originally an ancient pagan / fertility cult symbol for the worship of the sun god Tammuz and trees. The stauros, (I or T) also known as the pale, spike, club, tree or wood on which Jesus is said to have been crucified, was only a twisted symbol taken on for the worship of the so-called death of Jesus from the "pagan heathens". This symbol, he argues, was not the Greek symbol for Christ, X.
In a closed-minded, hard-headed-Christian fashion reminiscent of the 19th century, Ward does achieve his goal, though this is achieved by over looking historical evidence, all the while failing to realize that the whole of Christianity itself is a pagan religion (See Maxwell, Busenbark, Hall, Acharya, Brown, Allegro, etc.).
"The "chi-rho" (X+P) itself resembles a human cruciform, as CE implies, and examples of it may be found in ancient mason's marks, such as at the palace of Phaestos on Crete, dating from the third millennium BCE." ~ Acharya S - Suns of God pg. 257
And thus Acharya destroys Ward's main theory in one swoop.
Ward focuses on the T (tau) cross and the X (Ki or Chi) and XP (Ki-Rho) to show his THEORY, as reported by the infamous and corrupt Eusebius (Christian Bishop/historian), that Constantine saw an X (ki) in the sky, and not a T (tau). Other than this flaw of resting the argument on Eusebius and Constantine (creator of Christianity in 325 CE), he makes some interesting points and the book does make for a decent history lesson on the history and development of the cross.
This is a good read for those who are studying in the Great Work. It's a short book. Any more than 88 pages would have been too much of a fill with his narrow-minded prejudices. The most valuable section of the book is at the rear, the addendums.
Thanks to Paul Tice at the Book Tree for bringing this almost lost work back to print.
I give it a 3 or 4 out of 5 rating- "worth the read".
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