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Other Christian Flags

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by Chrystian Kretowicz, 2 January 2003

FOTW was alerted to a "new" Christian flag by "treelife", as posted at www.cafeshops.com. The church behind the flag seems to have the website www.tolag.org/Knights.htm and to belong to the Assemblies of God - so the flag would possibly not be used outside that particular branch of Christianity.
Ole Andersen, 11 January 2003

The design is a narrow square red cross of St. George, overlaid with 13 gold, 7-pointed stars in a circle, all on a white field. The link is a catalog page, not specifying denomination, of assorted novelties decorated with this design (which looks, from a distance, like a Red Cross or medical logo). But nowhere were there any actual flags for sale! One is curious whether this is a square flag, as the picture implies. One also wonders about the significance of the design elements: 12 apostles plus Christ for 13 stars? The 7-pointed star is reminiscent of Masonic usage (vide US Bennington) or Islamic symbolism, but could well stand for the 7-day week and hence the Sabbath. Inquiring minds may be curious, at least.
A bigger issue: changing one's flag generally signifies a major political change, and stability is usually (as others have hastened to point out) a virtue in religion. True enough, the basic "Christian" flag (really, if truth be told, a "Protestant" flag, and not universally accepted at that) does have a serious design flaw, the red-on-blue c