The crux ansata, or cross with a handle, and the crux gammata, or "fylfot", are much more ancient than Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
One of the most singular, as well as most ancient, of the many forms and modifications of the cross is the "fylfot.". From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
He touched a fylfot recurring in the design. From Wordnik.com. [do you ever read writing?] Reference
XXIV.fig. 2), being the swastika or fylfot, so well known as an Aryan symbol, and which not only occurs on some of the antiquities discovered by Dr. Schhemann at Troy, and Mycenae, but is also still used as a symbol by the Buddhists. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
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