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What Is Crosier in the Bible?

Object

The staff of a bishop or an abbot, curved at the top like a shepherd’s. It recalls that he cares for his flock.

A detail

  1. In the Bible: the psalm of the Good Shepherd says that the shepherd’s staff gives comfort.

Where it appears in the Bible

Psalms 23:4

What the Bible says

Psalms 23:4

For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Dictionary.com, “crosier”

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