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Making History

The Crucifix: Purely Christian?

17 min

Available until 22/12/2025

16/04/2022

At what point does a cross stop being about the torture of the person upon it and becomes an abstract symbol? In the Middle Ages people didn't shy away from the terrible suffering inflicted upon Jesus. But over time, that suffering was sanitised.

Director

Jean-Dominique Ferrucci

Country

France

Year

2020

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