I have come across some folks who think the cross is outright a violation of the second commandment. I would say a bare cross in and of itself as a symbol designating a Christian grave marker or a church building is not necessarily idolatry or superstitious. But given that the symbol is much abused to superstition or even idolatry by many I would not personally advocate using it in church architecture if one has a choice, and I do not think crosses should be placed inside the place of worship; certainly not in a prominent place where everyone looks during worship.

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member
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The Regulative Principle: Samuel Miller gives a succinct statement of this principle when he writes that since the Scriptures are the “only infallible rule of faith and practice, no rite or ceremony ought to have a place in the public worship of God, which is not warranted in Scripture, either by direct precept or example, or by good and sufficient inference.”

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