{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-orans-cross-4th-century","title":"Vintage Bronze Orans Cross, 4th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the Vintage Bronze Orans Cross the figure and the cross are one thing. A round veiled head with simply cut features sits at the crossing, both arms lift and open along the side arms, and a long ribbed robe fills the shaft below, so that the whole cross becomes a person standing in prayer. The ground around the figure is left pitted and rough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat raised-arms posture is the \u003cem\u003eorans\u003c\/em\u003e, the oldest attitude of Christian prayer, painted on the walls of the catacombs long before crucifixes were made and kept today in the gesture the priest makes at the altar. A cross of the fourth century carries no corpus because the Church of that age did not yet show the crucified body. It showed the believer instead: standing, alive, hands open. The roughness of the surface belongs to the original and has been kept rather than smoothed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Orans cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943441084601,"sku":"3c3-738-B","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-738-B.png?v=1787688712","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-orans-cross-4th-century","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}