Cross Necklaces

Cross Necklaces

Cross necklaces are so big, popular and important that they are in and of themselves a jewelry genre. They are the single biggest part of Christian jewelry. Among the countless cross necklaces are gold, white gold, titanium and other types of precious metals. But of all the cross necklaces the sterling silver cross necklaces are the most popular.

The cross necklace genre, for the sake of the page, is the sterling silver cross necklace.  There are two types of the cross necklace that we will look at that fall into the cross necklace genre. One is the Celtic cross necklace and mens cross necklaces.

The first sub category...Celtic cross necklace is just as much a Christian cross necklace as a mens cross necklace or a French Fleur de Lis cross necklace. It just has Celtic symbols in the cross necklace that add to the symbolism of the cross.

The additional symbolism of the Celtic cross necklace is based on the Celtic knot, but the symbolism of those geometric Celtic knots have been adopted by Christianity  as a whole and add much to the cross necklace. To see much more detail on the meaning of the Celtic cross necklace then just click on silver Celtic cross necklace.

The mens cross necklaces are designed to appeal to the Christian man. In side of the sub-genre, the mens cross necklaces include other types of cross necklaces like Celtic cross necklaces, Crusader cross necklaces and contemporary cross necklaces.

Silver Cross Jewelry

Silver Cross Jewelry

In the genre of silver cross jewelry there is a broad span of jewelry like cross earrings, cross necklaces, cross pendants, cross necklace, cross rings and cross charms, to name a few.

You can buy from a collection of sterling silver cross necklaces that numbers well into the thousands. You can make your own cross necklace with cross pendants and sterling silver necklaces.

The collection of silver cross necklaces appears to be endless because of the very large collection. But these silver cross necklaces are organized by genre into different cross necklace pages.

There is also several pages for cross pendants and cross charms to make cross necklaces with. Additionally there are several sterling silver necklaces to select from to complete building your own sterling silver cross necklace and make it perfectly unique.

With the two choices of buying a premade cross necklace or building your own cross necklace you can selection a cross necklace that speaks to you and shows of fine fashion at the same time. Remember sterling silver goes with anything, anywhere.

To make your own personilzed cross necklace select a cross pendant and then select the type and length of the sterling silver necklaces that appeals to you an then you have the perfect silver cross necklace.

Cross Necklace

STERLING SILVER CROSS NECKLACE

The Cross necklace is a very popular and functional piece of Christian jewelry. Before we review some of the countless varieties of the cross necklace let's review a little history of the Cross necklace.

Some articles state that the Cross necklace started to become worn around 200 AD and used as a Christian icon. Other scholars and historians suggest it was 300 AD or later. But what is important to know, the cross necklace wasn't a real symbol of Christianity until several hundred years ofter the crucifixtion of Jesus Christ.

When the Cross became a symbol for the early Church. Some ancient texts tell of Christians crossing themselves either on the forehead or chest before the actual icon started taking off. Before the Christian Cross icon was popular and considered a Christian icon the Christian Fish was used for several hundred years. If fact it still is but the popularity has been reduced as the use of cross necklaces increased.

Most agree that the sign or symbol of the Cross was looked down upon because of the association of the cross with torture and death. Over the years this thinking gave way to the meaning of the cross as Christ's sacrifice, atonement and overcoming death. As this way of thinking gain popularity the sign of the fish gave way to the sign of the Cross, especially in the use of Churches and in the use of jewelry and necklaces.

As the Cross started to be used by various early Christian Churches the first style of the cross was the Tau cross which is a T shaped cross. Also the Greek Chi Ro symbol was used as a Cross. These different types of crosses were put into use as cross necklaces about that time.

Cross necklaces use many different styles of Crosses, some which represent various Christian Churches and others symbolically represent a few of the early Apostles and Saints.

 

Many Crosses are a combination of the traditional meaning of the Cross with various cultural influences. A good example of this is the Celtic Cross. The Celtic Cross is essentially a circle at the intersection of the two straight lines.

The Celtic cross necklace is very popular both today and it has been for over a few hundred years. The Ankh which was originally an Egyptian pagan symbol of life came to be known in Christian circles as the Cross of life or the Christian Copt cross necklace. This is why there are so many different types of cross necklaces.

The Cross necklaces are very important to Christians as a way to show their faith and to be fashionable as well.

Disciples Cross Necklace. Budded Cross Necklaces

Disciples or Budded Cross Necklace

The Budded Cross is also know as the Apostles Cross, Disciples Cross, Trefoil Cross, Bottony Cross or the Cathedral Cross. Uses this type of Cross makes for a popular and highly symbolic cross necklace.

A budded cross is generally a Latin cross with each end cap consisting of a bud which some consider a fleur de lis variation others consider it to be a three-leaf clover end cap. These three buds are used in Christianity to represent the Trinity or Godhead. Some go so far as to use these three buds to represent the great bible virtues of Faith, Hope and Love. The three buds as end caps is where the reference of Trefoil or Treflee come into play representing the symbolism of three.

Other Christian symbolism for the Disciples Cross or Budded Cross necklaces is a connection with Aaron's staff that budded and was preserved in the Ark of the Covenant, showing that life can emerge from death. It also represents the buds of a flower where there is no guarantee the the buds will bloom but we have faith that they will. The faith is rewarded with a beautiful flower.
Since there are four arms, each with three buds, another name of this cross is the Apostles' Cross, with one bud for each of the twelve apostles. The bible frequently refers to the Apostles as disciples so it also is called an Apostles Cross or Disciples Cross.

The modern influence of cross design adds style to these cross necklaces so you get high fashion with the symbolism of these styles.