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Cross Tattoo Designs
What cross tattoo design is right for you?
This is a difficult question to answer with the exception of the choosing the cross symbol that identifies your religion.
The cross tattoo design could be a traditional Christian cross, a tribal cross, a Celtic
cross, a gothic cross (being "goth" doesn’t make you a bad person), or a Latin cross with either a
rosary, wings or praying hands. The only thing that matters is that the cross tattoo design you select, speaks
to you spiritually.
The Maltese Cross tattoo design is comprised of four triangles who apexes meet to form an eight-pointed star that has
varies shapes (blunt, curved and sharp). The Maltese Cross was originally used by the Knights of the Hospitaller Order, so
known due to their charity toward the sick and poor in setting up hospices and hospitals, the symbol is still in use today
by fire and ambulance services.
The Celtic Cross tattoo design is simply a Latin cross with a ring in the center. The Celtic
Cross tattoo design is called different things by different people.
For example, Episcopalians and Anglicans call it the Celtic cross, whereas Catholics refer to it as the Irish cross. Sometimes
it’s even mistakenly identified as St. John's Cross (see: Maltese Cross). Equally ambiguous is the meaning of the ring
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