An emblem of Satan and sin. The tempter appeared in that form to our first parents in Eden. In Christian art it is associated with
On the other hand, a serpent twined around a cross is an emblem of Our Lord, recalling the brazen serpent which Moses erected to cure the Israelites in the desert.
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