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Cross-Bearer
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(cruciger).
1. In the Romish Church, the designation of the chaplain of an archbishop, or a primate, who bears a cross before him on solemn occasions. The pope has the cross borne before him everywhere; a patriarch anywhere out of Rome; and primates, metropolitans, and those who have a right to the pallium, throughout their respective jurisdictions. A prelate wears a single cross, a patriarch a double cross, and the pope a triple cross on his arms.
2. The name cross-bearers ("cruciferi") was also applied to the Flagellants in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. (See FLAGELLANTS).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cross-Bearer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cross-bearer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cross-Bearer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cross-bearer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.