OK then Moosepedia, as a bit of a heathen I thought there were 12*
apostles until Judas turned on Him.
So why TEN faithful apostles?
cheers
jez
* when I went on a tour of the roof / gargoyles of Notre Dame (Paris)
the guide pointed out the 13 apostles. It seems the architect/builder
included himself too
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As with so many other older European names, it's Christian thing.
>
> ""Passion" does not refer to love, but to the Passion of Christ on the
> cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries
> discovered this flower and adopted its unique physical structures as
> symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the radial filaments which can
> number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower represent the
> Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful
> apostles. The top 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the lower 5
> anthers represent the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related
> to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is
> known as /Espina de Cristo/ (Christ's Thorn). In Germany it was once
> known as /Muttergottes-Schuzchen/ (Mother-of-God's Star)."
> - Wikipedia
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