Here is my childhood church. That upside down cross was always there. Non-Christians never seem to know the story of St. Peter being crucified upside down, and see every upside down cross as satanic.
The complete opposite, actually. It was essentially Peter's own request; he considered himself unworthy to die in the same way Jesus did, and he wanted to demonstrate that the ways of this world were upside down, and we should abandon them in favor of Jesus' teachings.
Here is my childhood church. That upside down cross was always there. Non-Christians never seem to know the story of St. Peter being crucified upside down, and see every upside down cross as satanic.
Because in Hollywood it's a shortcut to show something is evil.
I don't know why he was crucified upside down either.
My guess is because the Romans were a bit of a terror-state and wanted to make is death as incredibly painful, degrading, and humiliating as possible.
The complete opposite, actually. It was essentially Peter's own request; he considered himself unworthy to die in the same way Jesus did, and he wanted to demonstrate that the ways of this world were upside down, and we should abandon them in favor of Jesus' teachings.
Huh, odd. I guess it's an act of humility, but I also feel it might have been more painful. But it also could have lead to a quicker death.