A purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound. It consists of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Purines, which include substituted purines and their tautomers, are the most widely occurring nitrogen-containing heterocycle in nature.his is called complementary base pairing. In RNA, the complement of adenine is uracil instead of thymine. Other notable purines are hypoxanthine (4), xanthine (5), theobromine (6), caffeine (7), uric acid (8) and isoguanine (9).
However, because of Christ and His death on the cross, the meaning of the cross today is completely different. In Christianity, the cross is the intersection of Godâs love and His justice. Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). The reference to Jesus as the Lamb of God points back to the institution of the Jewish Passover in Exodus 12.
a representation or figure of a cross, used as a badge, decoration, etc.; also, such a badge, decoration, etc.: the Distinguished Service Cross a monument in the form of a cross, or with a cross on it, marking a crossroad, boundary, grave, etc. a staff with a cross at the top, carried before an archbishop as a sign of his authority a representation of a cross, in any of various recognized forms, as a symbol of the crucifixion of Jesus, hence of the Christian religion