uses of crosses

Altar cross : the Atonement. Finished Redemption. Processional cross : Christian soldiers. Rood cross : Entrance to Heaven by way of the Cross. Reliquary cross : relics of a saint. Consecration crosses: 12 on walls of old churches, symbols of the house set apart for God. Five crosses on altar mensa and on fair-linen : the Five Wounds of our Lord. Also called marking crosses. Pectoral cross : episcopal authority. Spire cross : Jesus Christ the Highest of the High. Pendant cross: often suspended in the west end of the nave, high overhead, to remind the departing worshippers of the atoning Death of our Lord. (Webber, 1938)