{"id":5320,"date":"2024-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2026-11-05T22:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:43:34","slug":"christian-history-the-pentagram-and-star-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christian-history-the-pentagram-and-star-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"Il pentagramma \u00e8 cristiano? Oggi no, ma un poema medievale lo usava"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The pentagram is not a Christian symbol today, and the Bible never mentions it, but a medieval Christian poet did once give it a Christian meaning. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an English poem copied in the late 1300s, the five-pointed star on Gawain&#039;s shield stands, among other things, for the five wounds of Christ. Its occult meaning came only later. A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight lines that cross one another, or as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible never mentions the pentagram, but a medieval poem made it a sign of Christ&#039;s five wounds; its occult meaning came later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11589,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/estelle-meaning-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":5320,"position":0},"title":"Is Estelle in the Bible?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Ottobre 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Estelle appears in the Bible. 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