Use of the cross in worship has a pagan origin. * Hundreds of years after the death of Jesus, when the churches had deviated from his teachings, new church members "were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols," including the cross.
Go dirisiwa ga sefapaano mo kobamelong go simologile mo bathong ba ba sa obameleng Modimo. * Makgolo a dingwaga morago ga loso lwa ga Jesu, fa dikereke di ne di sa latele dithuto tsa gagwe, maloko a masha a kereke a ne a "letlelelwa go tswelela a dirisa ditshwantsho le matshwao a one a boheitane," go akaretsa le sefapaano.