golgotha

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1. golgotha - Noun

2. Golgotha - Proper noun

Meaning

Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

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According to a tradition preserved in Eastern Christian folklore, Golgotha was the summit of the cosmic mountain at the center of the world and the location where Adam had been both created and buried. Source: Internet

According to Church tradition, Veronica was moved with pity when she saw Jesus carrying his cross to Golgotha and gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Source: Internet

Eliade, Myth and Reality, 14 George Every discusses the connection between the cosmic center and Golgotha in his book Christian Mythology, noting that the image of Adam's skull beneath the cross appears in many medieval representations of the crucifixion. Source: Internet

On some crucifixes a skull and crossbones are shown below the corpus, referring to Golgotha ( Calvary ), the site at which Jesus was crucified, which the Gospels say means in Hebrew "the place of the skull." Source: Internet

Jesus carried his cross to the site of execution (assisted by Simon of Cyrene ), called the "place of the Skull", or " Golgotha " in Hebrew and in Latin "Calvary". Source: Internet

The Holy Church opens before the eyes of believers a full picture of the redeeming suffering of the Lord beginning with the bloody sweat in the Garden of Gethsemane up to the crucifixion on Golgotha. Source: Internet

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