McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cross, Incensing The

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Cross, Incensing The

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Cross, Abijah
Cross, Adoration Of
Cross, Apparition Of The
Cross, Bull of the
Cross, Christs
Cross, Coleman Harwell
Cross, David
Cross, Exaltation of the
Cross, Greek
Cross, Incensing The
Cross, Invention of the
Cross, John
Cross, Joseph Gould
Cross, Joshua L
Cross, Latin
Cross, Market
Cross, Memorial
Cross, Metaphorical Sense of
Cross, Ordeal Of The

is a ceremony by which 11 crosses to be erected in Roman Catholic countries, in public places, high-roads, and cross-ways, as well as on the tops of chapels, are prepared previous to erection. Candles are first lighted at the foot of the cross, after which the celebrant sits down before it and delivers a discourse to the people on its manifold virtues. Then he sprinkles the cross with holy water, and afterwards with incense, and at the close of this ceremony candles are s.et upon the top of each arm of the cross.