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
- 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: RAE, “báculo”