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>> jesse: for two weeks now "primetime" team has been fighting a war on christmas happening in the tiny town of dedham, massachusetts. it started when a persnickety librarian banned christmas trees in the libraries because they made people feel uncomfortable. good news "primetime" intervened and the trees are back. the people of dedham massachusetts are very happy with what unfolded. many say it's been an attack on christianity and last night they crowded into the town hall and spoke directly to the library board. watch. >> i have to ask that you. >> the christmas tree is a symbol of christianity. >> if have you any further comment you are welcome to email us. >> associated with it to others. as a tax paying member of this community, we should all be represented, not just those people. [applause] >> why do you hate christians so much? >> this is not about a christmas tree. this is about trying to lead the
aliens. we must keep control of our own money m and our own blood. in other words, we must remain trueor to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. woe believe that the spiritual symbol of our statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity. we believe that there would be no realel america such as we lo and for which we are willing to die if there had been no christianity. thus, when a christian is a nationalist, he becomes necessarily a christian nationalist. >> a christian nationalist. that was gerald l.k. smith speaking in the 1950s as both sort of a pseudopreacher and a political figure on the american right.l he was the spokesman and the
true to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. we believe that the spiritual symbol of our statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity. we believe that there would be no real america sum as we love and for which we are willing to die if there had been no christianity. this, when a christian is a nationalist, he becomes necessarily a christian nationalist. >> a christian nationalist. that was gerald l.k. smith speaking in the 1950s. a sort of pseudo printer and a political figure on the american right. he was the spokesman and the founder for this movement that he called christian nationalism. and if that is ringing a bell for you at all, if it feels, despite the, you know, annoying music bed with that speech and
>> the cross remains hugely powerful because jesus survives the cross. he doesn't just die an ignominious, shameful death, but rises to new life. >> the cross is now the ultimate symbol of christianity, adorning vast cathedrals and houses of worship the world over, but in some churches, they have crosses said to be made out of the actual wood jesus died on, the true cross. >> the true cross is surely the most important object in christian history. >> to touch a piece of the true cross is the opportunity to reach across time and space and human history and grasp something that changed the
a cross court start of the oldest surviving to picture of jesus as crucifixion is on the door of the church of st sabina on the oven time hill in rome kids from the fifth century and. so there seems to have been some reticence about depicting the cross in the early church records as christians in the first centuries seem to have had a problem accepting the symbol of defeat execution and suffering to represent their faith and their god. you're young and forgot. the conversion of the roman emperor constantine marked a turning point legend has it that constantine had a vision on the eve of battle in the year three hundred twelve he saw the cross and the words in this sign conquer. he had crosses painted on his soldiers shields and he won that decisive battle the emperor converted and declared christianity the
a small sculpture. a miner's lamp as boys call the sculpture of a light source. make up the stairs and cost more than i believe it is a universe of ideas around the question of the cross if there's an hauf is it a sign of hope or is it a symbol of death it is a minute here in this to and fro we as few as a challenge to form our own opinion to adopt our own position and. i think it cannot win and i think that in this way it connects us with a long tradition of the cross as a christian symbol. we're confronted with a question what do we want quite simply life or death. leaving the top gun five. i.
least. as in best oracle significance is that they indicate christian grace or it is because i remember they were still heathens in the seventh century who got a high haps the deceased or their relatives and hope that all wish to mark the graves so that none would be forgotten on the day of judgment of our of it's kind of a guess and. originally the symbol of an agonizing and shameful death the cross became a sign of hope and redemption what christians call the mystery of faith. from this point on christians have looked for ways of expressing this faith. they have looked to artists to give visual forms to this provocative mystery and to communicate a belief that elites reason. these
a. painters are only portraying their own view of the event the engraving suggests that every fish will representation of christ says more about the artist than their subject when curtis slice or interview could perhaps interpret it as saying what the real meaning of a scene cannot be visualized by the painters are obviously painting something else just as every attempt to explain the process and its meaning to articulated or to be painted on a mental canvas is doomed to fail so article young let's try it on most. does the cross symbolize hope doesn't provide assurance or give rise to doubt. for the faithful the. cross also represents the mystery of what happened after jesus's death. without the resurrection it would not have become such a powerful symbol of christianity.
are worth it to make matters worse decided this work doesn't look at all like a cross affixed as it was of but i would say use of the voice was focusing here in one nine hundred seventy one on aspects of death and resurrection which the cross represents your hands because it's. a simple wooden crate. an ammunition crate from the second world war its contents represented dan. above the crate the dead trunk of a spoon use. the trunk of a christmas tree as a symbol of christ's birth. nailed to the create a twisted crucifix a depiction of the crucified christ. and finally on the tree
its message remains a mystery. across. more than a symbol of christianity. it represents torture and death but it's also a sign of hope and redemption in the church what to believe are today's oh the secret of the cross. w o.