Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sterling Silver Cross Pendant

Sterling Silver Cross Pendant

The sterling silver cross pendant is the most popular way to wear Cross jewelry. The reason is two fold. One, when you wear a cross necklace you wear it around your necklace a over your heart which is fitting for a Christian icon so important as a  cross necklace.



The other reason cross necklaces are so popular is because it is easier for jewelry craftsmen to make countless varieties of a cross pendant that it is for cross rings or cross earrings. So you have a huge selection of sterling silver cross pendant necklaces to choose from.



There are so many sterling silver cross pendant necklaces to choose from that I thought it might be a good idea to look at the symbolism of a cross pendant necklace. I have done this a few times before in other blogs but there are so many cross necklaces that there is enough symbolism to all of them to fill a book.

This sterling silver Celtic cross necklace is a mainstream cross necklace but it has a lot of additional symbolism that adds to the traditional Christian symbolism of the cross.

The Celtic cross has a Celtic circle around the intersection of the cross. The Celtic circle is like other cultural symbolism of the circle which is eternity. Fitting for a Christian cross. It also has classic Celtic knot work on the circle and the four arms of the cross which also mean eternity.

The end cap of each arm has a Celtic trinity knot. a Celtic trinity knot is a three cornered knot. Each corner is used to represent the Holy Trinity, also a fitting element to the Christian cross.

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