at that site, www.symbols.com they had
a symbol for 'christ' (i think the one you
are referring to as the combined letters).
the fish symbol would probably be there,
in their word-index, too, cross-referenced
with other related symbols.
On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 03:38 PM, lauf-s wrote:
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a symbol for 'christ' (i think the one you
are referring to as the combined letters).
the fish symbol would probably be there,
in their word-index, too, cross-referenced
with other related symbols.
On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 03:38 PM, lauf-s wrote:
My question is not aimed at the history of crosses, rather the history
of the cross as a Christian symbol, bearing in mind that a 'fish'
symbol and the combined Greek letters -- chi-ro -- were already
popular symbols of Christ/Christians by the time of Helena and
Constantine. I suppose one place to look for early Christian use of
the Cross as a symbol would be in the Roman catacombs.
A quick look in Benjamin Scott's THE CONTENTS AND TEACHINGS OF THE
CATACOMBS AT ROME shows an inscription with a 'cross' at the head:
Cross -- Lannus, Christ's Martyr Rests Here. He Suffered Under the
Diocletian Persecution. This Grave is for His Posterity.
This makes me wonder whether early Christian's used a cross as a
specific symbol for martyrs.
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