This might not be the case in Index canon. In Real Life, the Cross is also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times also used widely and incorrectly as an anti-Christ symbol, a common misconception. Supposedly shattered when it fell out of a plane and into the sea at the end of volume 10. Named after one of the 12 Apostles, and the artifact that created the Vatican to what it is now when it was raised after Saint Peter's Death. 'Pinning the dragon down on the Earth' also means 'to have the Angels guard this land to make it a Holy place'.
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The reasoning behind this is a dragon is a powerful winged being that guards treasures that's slumbering away from the world and kills indiscrimately, symbolising the ' Angels' and the fallen ones, the ' Demons'. The 'Stab Sword' that it was mistaken for never existed, just a propaganda made by the RCC as another layer of defence to protect this artifact. It was revealed to what it really is in Volume 10, it's a artifact that 'changes both the spiritual and physical aspects of the land it was raised to be beneficial to the Roman Catholic Church in every way'.
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"Disciple's Cross"), mistaken for the " Stab Sword" ( 刺突杭剣 (スタブソード), Shitotsu Kōken (Sutabu Sōdo) ?) in Volume 9, an artifact used 'to pierce the dragon and pin it down on the Earth'. The Ten Holy Spirit Spells ( 聖霊十式, Seirei Jutsu-shiki ?, Yen Press: Ten Rites of the Holy Spirit) are some of the most powerful spells that the Roman Catholic Church has in their possession, though not all ten are shown yet in the novels.Ĭroce di Pietro Main article: Croce di Pietro Unlike the Anglican and Russian Orthodox Churches, the Roman Catholic Church uses salt in holy water. According to Index, the Roman Catholic Church's role in the magic side is to "manage and control the world". The Roman Catholic Church also holds to be the true One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and the only church for which the Apostolic Succession is applicable, in contrast with the views of the Anglican Church and the Russian Orthodox Church claiming to also follow the Apostolic Succession. The leader of the Catholic Church, the Pope, is the Bishop of Rome just as St. It is one of the oldest types of Christianity, having coalesced in the 4th Century AD after the Roman government began allowing Christians to practice openly.
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