Development
Old Coptic crosses often incorporate a circle; sometimes large, sometimes small. The circle was inherited from the Ankh. For the Coptic Church, the circle represents the eternal and everlasting love of God, as shown through Christ's crucifixion. It also symbolises Christ's halo and resurrection.
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“Sleep hath its own world,
And a wide realm of wild reality.
And dreams in their development have breath,
And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy.”
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