... and tell you my
original thoughts and reason about why my seal is a symbol of my
theology.
The first should be
a black cross in a heart, which retains its natural color, so that
I myself would be reminded that faith in the Crucified saves us.
"For one who believes from the heart will be justified".
Although it is
indeed a black cross, which mortifies and which should also cause
pain, it leaves the heart in its natural color. It does not
corrupt nature, that is, it does not kill but keeps alive. "The
just shall live by faith" but by faith in the crucified.
Such a heart should
stand in the middle of a white rose, to show that faith gives joy,
comfort, and peace. In other words, it places the believer into a
white, joyous rose, for this faith does not give peace and joy
like the world gives. That is why the rose should be white and not
red, for white is the color of the spirits and the angels.
Such a rose should
stand in a sky-blue field, symbolizing that such joy in spirit and
faith is a beginning of the heavenly future joy, which begins
already, but is grasped in hope, not yet revealed. And around this
field is a golden ring, symbolizing that such blessedness in
Heaven lasts forever and has no end. Such blessedness is
exquisite, beyond all joy and goods, just as gold is the most
valuable, most precious and best metal. This is my compendium
theoligae.