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Concerns About The Irish Cross and Celtic Knots

 


Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I myself admire the missionary commitment of Patrick, that he even defied his bishop and chose to obey God’s voice, and go and preach the gospel to Ireland. It invokes the apostle’s Peter’s words, “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings.” (Acts 5:29). That said what kind of gospel Patrick preached matters, was it the gospel according to the Scriptures or Roman Church tradition? 


Another alarming tradition to hail from Ireland and Celtic culture was the Irish Cross which puts knots in a pattern on the cross. These knots or roads are sacred in Neo Paganism, and one shape is even used for the Trinity called triquetra, a knot that is three: 



The problem is the triquetra is sacred to Celtic pagans, New Ageists, Neo Pagans and more, ““Celtic pagansor neopagans who are not of a Celtic cultural orientation, may use the triquetra to symbolise a variety of concepts and mythological figures. Due to its presence in insular Celtic art, Celtic Reconstructionists use the triquetra either to represent one of the various triplicities in their cosmology and theology (such as the tripartite division of the world into the realms of Land, Sea and Sky),[5] or as a symbol of one of the specific Celtic triple goddesses, for example the battle goddess, The Morrígan. The symbol is also sometimes used by Wiccans and some New Agersto symbolise the Triple Goddess, or as a protective symbol.” (Wikipedia). The fsct that the trinity knot which is on many Iroah crosses is a symbol for false gods srill means we cannot use it! Jesus said, “Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” (Luke 4:8) and we are not to have graven images to other gods or godesses, “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” (Exodus 20:4). The Trinity knot comes from a Celtic tree symbol: 


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Which is highly pagan. 


It is true some symbols over history have been redeemed and their meaning changed. But the Trinity knot and Celtic knots are still active with Celtic tribes, New Ageists, and Neo Pagans. For that reason we must have nothing to do with these symbols lest we open a door to demons, “You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.” (1 Corinthians 10:21). 


It behooves us as saints to research symbol and designs to ascertain what they mean. If you wear Celtic knots and crosses you not only are connected to false religions, you are making others people think you condone and accept Pagan beliefs and symbolism; you might even be mistaken as a Neo Pagan which the apostle warns us against, “abstain from every form of evil. ... Flee from every evil matter. ... and don't have anything to do with evil. ... From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.” (1 Thessalonians 5:22). Amen. 



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