The Crucifix

[Tab'le De'Bah-Rye]

May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you...

 

So my question is this, " Has Jesus body on the crucifix still got Jesus in it?" Because the statute of Jesus on a crucifix is post temporal living because we know this because his side is pierced, but it is also pre resurrection. Also what does the crucifix represent? thinking deeply about it for the first time i assumed it was a symbol of hope looking towards the resurrection and the second coming.aven't thought these questions out hard enough but hopefully someone gets the drift.

 

GodblesS

 

Onward Christian souls.

JESUS Iz LORD.

[cappie]

Archbishop Fulton Sheen summarized the reason for using a crucifix instead of an empty cross when he said, “Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus is a burden without a reliever.”

Catholics use crucifixes to avoid what St. Paul warned about, that the cross be “emptied of its power” (1 Cor 1:17).

 

Christ’s supreme act was to die on the cross as atonement for our sins. His resurrection was proof that what he did on the cross worked -- he conquered death -- and it demonstrated beyond any doubt that he was who he claimed to be: God. The crucifixion was the act that changed history. The resurrection demonstrated of the efficacy of that act.

 

By his death on the cross, Christ conquered sin and death, redeemed the world, opened the way of salvation for all who would receive it, and reconciled his people with the Father (cf. Eph 2:13-18; Col 1:19-20). That is why the crucifix is such a potent reminder for us of what he did on our behalf that dark afternoon on Calvary

 

St. Paul emphasized the crucifixion saying, “When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor 2:1-2).