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Icthus Symbol
Icthus is the Greek word for
fish. The fish symbol was adopted by early Christians as
a secret sign. The fish symbol was chosen because the letters are an acrostic for the
words "Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior." An acrostic
is a 'word' made from the first or last letters of other
words. These letters can then be put
together to form a word or message. In this case
the acrostic is made up of the first letters of the
Greek words:
I = Iesous - Jesus
C = Christos -
Christ
TH = THeou - God
U = Uiou - the son of
S = Soter - the Savior.
Together, the acrostic
means, in English, "Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Savior".
In the early days of Christianity believers were
often persecuted. Many were imprisoned for their
faith. Cautious about speaking out loud to another
person who was imprisoned with them a Christian would
initiate contact by drawing a half
circle on the ground with the toe of their foot.
If the other person was also a Christian they would
complete the symbol of the Icthus by drawing a
corresponding inverted circle on the ground, starting at
the head of the 'fish' and ending by crossing the line
to form the tail of the 'fish', with their
toe. If the other person followed through
they both knew they were with a brother or sister in
Christ.
If the other person was not
a believer the half circle in the the ground was nothing
more than a meaningless doodling.
Believers often used the 'sign of the fish' on or near the
door to their home to let other Christians know there
was a safe haven inside.
We, here at YeeHawww, are
Christians and we are not ashamed of sharing our
faith. We don't use our website to propagate our
faith but we do use the Icthus Symbol, the 'sign of the
fish' to
let you know that we are Christians and that we are
because we have personally invited Jesus Christ, who is
the Son of God, to become our Savior.
While we will not bombard nor
corner you with our faith we do invite you to inquire
about Jesus Christ and what He means to us. You
may do so by sending us an email using the link below:
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