In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith, and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols, ” including the cross.
Untuk menaikkan gengsi sistem gereja yang murtad, orang kafir diterima di gereja tanpa ditobatkan melalui iman, sebagian besar diizinkan untuk tetap memegang tanda dan lambang kafir mereka, ” termasuk salib.