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A '''crucifix''' is a [[cross]] which has an image of the crucified [[Christ]] upon it, as mentioned in Galatians 3:1 "''before whose eyes [[Jesus Christ]] was publicly portrayed as crucified''" (RSV). In earlier centuries, the unadorned cross was the primary Christian emblem, but crucifixes began to be used during the early Middle Ages, primarily as a means of countering certain [[heresy|heresies]] based on forms of [[Gnosticism]], [[Docetism]] and [[Manicheanism]] which denied that God could be incarnate and suffer actual [[death]].

A '''crucifix''' is a [[cross]] which has an image of the crucified [[Christ]] upon it, as mentioned in Galatians 3:1 "''before whose eyes [[Jesus Christ]] was publicly portrayed as crucified''" (RSV). In earlier centuries, the unadorned cross was the primary [[Christian]] emblem, but crucifixes began to be used during the early Middle Ages, primarily as a means of countering certain [[heresy|heresies]] based on forms of [[Gnosticism]], [[Docetism]] and [[Manicheanism]] which denied that God could be incarnate and suffer actual [[death]].

Crucifixes are found in Catholic churches.  They are less often found in Protestant churches, and almost never in [[Evangelical]] or [[fundamentalist]] churches, on the belief that Jesus Christ is no longer on the Cross, but has ascended into Heaven.

Crucifixes are found in Catholic churches.  They are less often found in Protestant churches, and rarely in [[Evangelical]] or [[fundamentalist]] churches, on the belief that Jesus Christ is no longer on the Cross, but has ascended into Heaven.

[[Claude Monet]] and other painters frequently evoked the imagery of the crucifix.

[[Claude Monet]] and other painters frequently evoked the imagery of the crucifix.