and the abbreviation for Christ. One of the best known early Christian symbols, because of its modern revival, is the fish. Some early Christians made the Greek word for fish, ichthus, into an ...

Archaeologists studying a 1,300-year-old corpse unearthed in Sudan recently made a surprising discovery: a tattoo of a ...

Hence the fish, unlike, say, the cross, attracted little suspicion, making it a perfect secret symbol for persecuted believers. When threatened by Romans in the first centuries after Christ ...

Today, the cross is the universal symbol of Christianity. It was not always so. In the early centuries after the time of Jesus Christ, there were other symbols: a dove, a ship, an anchor and a lyre.

Some people feel Xmas is a disrespectful abbreviation for Christmas, according to several website, arguing the X is intended to replace Christ with a secular symbol and that it removes Christ from ...

Over the years, the Christmas tree has become a symbol of Christ as the "tree of life." Through the birth of Jesus, believers have been given God's gifts of life, light and wisdom. The use of ...

The image is of the "Good Shepherd," an ancient symbol of Christianity. According to the Loyola Press, the "Good Shepherd" is one of the earliest art depictions of Jesus Christ in which he was ...

No evidence in Ancient sources backs up defining symbol of Christianity July 2, 2010— -- For 2,000 years the crucifix has been a potent symbol of both Jesus Christ's death and Christianity.