The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy Nature P The patience that has kept

The patience that has kept their marriage afloat for 39 years gives way to the stress as her husband suffers a heart attack

They say the cameras outside my home are for my protection

a cardinal and a priest carrying the relics of the first American saint

and a cross-dressing fighter pilot put together a daring plan to counterattack

first pray that God would open your heart and mind

The Cross: History, Art, and Controversy Nature P The patience that has keptThe cross stirs intense feelings among Christians as well as non Christians. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the two thousand year evolution of the cross as an idea and an artifact, illuminating the controversiesalong with the forms of devotionthis central symbol of Christianity inspires. Jesuss death on the cross posed a dilemma for Saint Paul and the early Church fathers. Crucifixion was a humiliating form