Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 33, Issue. 2, p. 443. The Cross was present at the Eucharist in early Christianity as an idea, a gesture, and an object. Over time, these different ...

It is a woven cloth made of cotton or wool, it may represent the lion of Juda, or some early symbol of Christianity. There are a few similar Coptic cloths on display at the British Museum.

Early Christian churches were often shaped like an octagon, which was an early Christian church symbol for the resurrection of Jesus and, more broadly, the rebirth of life. Archaeologists recently ...