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I'm going to write about Early Christian symbols, about what these symbols mean today and where you might see them. What is the role that symbols play in our lives today? I'll give some of modern-day symbols. There are many Christan sybols. The Fish Chritsian symbol is one of the first. The fish is an acrostic, take the Latin word for fish (icthus) and spell it in the Greek alphabet, each Greek letter represents another word. Ichthus, spelled in Greek = Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma. That is an acrostic for "Jesus Christ, of God, the Son, the Savior" [Iesous (Jesus) CHristos (Christ) THeou (of God) Uiou (the Son) Soter (the Savior)]. first creed we find the user of the fish saying, "I believe that Jesus Christ, a man, was indeed the Son of God and also my …show more content…
There are many places were you see the fish symbol usually on your birtyh sighn, and also you see it 7 times in the bibble. It plays in our lifes by many things it is a hige rule The AnchorThis is one of the original, 1st century symbols used in Christianity. Hebrews 6:19 "This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for your souls." The anchor is always portrayed with the crossbar, forming a cross. Seen here are several variations, including the X or Chi for Christ and the Ichthus fish. You see it for Pirtaies. The circle is Standing for eternity, because it is without beginning and without end. The circle was also portrayed as two or three concentric circles to denote the Father, Son, and Spirit. It is one of most important ones. You see a circle everywhere.

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