Christianity is a cult of the dead. And the story of its obsession with martyrdom and the remains of the dead begins with the cross. The cross has been an instantly recognizable symbol for centuries, but what is often forgotten is how this tool of Roman torture became more than a reminder of a single event in the past. It was a model for imitation again and again. According to early Christian tradition, all but one of Jesus’s faithful apostles were martyred. Some were crucified, others beheaded, stabbed, flayed, or sawn in half.
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