This symbol is a combination of the ancient Greek letters 'Chi' and 'Rho', which give the first two letters of 'Christ' in ...

One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into ...

The earliest uses of the Ichthys (Greek for "fish") symbol date back ... store The Jesus Fish is one of the most recognizable Christian symbols today, often seen on car bumpers, jewelry, and ...

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 acronym for "Jesus Christ ...

The Greek word for fish is ... making it a perfect secret symbol for persecuted believers. When threatened by Romans in the first centuries after Christ, Christians used the fish mark meeting ...

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 ...

In the early centuries after the time of Jesus Christ, there were other symbols: a dove, a ship, an anchor and a lyre. The best known of these early symbols is the fish. Koine Greek was the common ...

In ancient Rome, early Christians often favored symbols or monograms of Christ ... Χ and Ρ — called chi and rho — of the Greek word for Christ: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣX. The monumental Hagia ...

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 ...