>>17925984
yeah, Fr Thomas Hopko said that I think. If it were a guillotine, we'd be wearing mini gallows. But God's providence is that the Romans just so happened to use an ÆSTHETIC torture device that was in-character for them as utilitarians, consisting of two beams of wood and a couple nails, while also serving as a symbol easily recognized in symbology and written script, as well as satisfying the Old Testament prophecies about nails piercing the Son of Man as he is "lifted up" etc etc
God is perfect
