基督教旗幟

基督教旗幟是20世紀初期設計的象徵基督宗教和基督教世界的旗幟[1]。自1942年聯邦教會理事會通過以來，該旗幟已經被許多基督教會[2][1]，特別是基督新教使用，包括聖公會[3]、浸信會[4]、門諾會[5]、衛理會[6]、信義宗[7]、長老宗、桂格會[8]等。該旗在非洲和南美也廣泛使用，但在其他地區（特別是歐洲）則比較少見。基督教旗幟為白底，在左上方有一藍色區域，內有紅色拉丁十字。紅色象徵耶穌基督在各地所流的血[9]，藍色象徵洗禮的水和耶穌的信仰[10]，白色象徵耶穌的純潔[11]。

基督教旗幟

参考文献

1. . Federal Council Bulletin (Religious Publicity Service of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America). 1942, 25–27.
2. Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 10 November 2016: 1359. ISBN 9781442244320 （英语）. In Protestant churches, the national flag was frequently displayed along with the “Christian Flag” (white field, red Latin cross on a blue canton), which had been created and popularized in American Methodist circles and adopted by the Federal Council of Churches in 1942. Often the staff would feature an eagle final and a cross final, respectively.
3. Baklinski, Pete. . Life Site News. 2016-03-24 [2017-07-08]. （原始内容存档于2019-05-17） （英语）. St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Network Church asked the government to raise the Christian flag to mark Easter week, where Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
4. Grose, Howard Benjamin. . American Baptist Convention. 1917: 49 （英语）. Side by side in many of our churches hangs the Christian Flag with the Stars and Stripes—the Flag of White— which forever has stood for peace, having in the corner on the field of blue, the color of sincerity, faith and trust, the red Cross symbolic of Calvary.
5. Lind, Hope Kauffman. . Herald Press. 1990-01-01: 277. ISBN 9780836131062 （英语）. Most congregations of Russian Mennonite heritage displayed both the national and the Christian flag in the church sanctuary.
6. Trewhitt, Katharine L. . The Church. 1984: 129 [2017-07-08] （英语）. In 1968 the Methodist Men of Broad Street purchased flags to be used in the sanctuary of the Church. This involved one United States flag, one Christian flag, flag poles, stands, one eagle and one cross.
7. Logan, Devin. . Newsmax. 2015-05-01 [2017-07-08]. （原始内容存档于2019-03-28） （英语）.
8. Roberts, Arthur O. . Barclay Press. 1978: 446 [2017-07-08]. ISBN 9780913342220 （英语）.
9. . Bob Jones University. [2007-10-18]. （原始内容存档于2005-09-05）. The white on the flag represents purity and peace. The blue stands for faithfulness, truth, and sincerity. Red, of course, is the color of sacrifice, in this case calling to mind the blood shed by Christ on Calvary, represented by the cross.
10. 22–24. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau. 1939 [2018-02-01]. （原始内容存档于2017-02-15）.
11. . Thomas Nelson. 2005-03-24 [2018-02-01]. （原始内容存档于2017-02-15）. The flag is white (for purity and peace), with a blue field (faithfulness, truth, and sincerity) and a red cross (the sacrifice of Christ).

外部連結

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