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Serpent

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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An emblem of Satan and sin. The tempter appeared in that form to our first parents in Eden. In Christian art it is associated with

On the other hand, a serpent twined around a cross is an emblem of Our Lord, recalling the brazen serpent which Moses erected to cure the Israelites in the desert.

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Entry for 'Serpent'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/serpent.html. 1910.
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