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The Christian cross, seen as representing the crucifixion of Jesus, is a symbol of Christianity.[1] It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus (a representation of Jesus' body, usually three-dimensional) and to the more general family of cross symbols. (The term cross is now detached from its original specifically Christian meaning, in modern English and many other Western languages).[note 1]
The basic forms of the cross are the Latin cross with unequal arms and the Greek cross with equal arms; there are numerous variants, partly with confessional significance—such as the tau cross, the double-barred cross, triple-barred cross, and cross-and-crosslets—and many heraldic variants, such as the cross potent, cross pattée, and cross moline, cross fleury.
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