Explanation: In Christian mythology, the ichthys symbol, depicted, was used as a secret sign of one’s faith. To outsiders, it would appear only as an innocent fish - to those in the know, it would be a sign of belonging to the DANGEROUS CULT OF CHRISTIANITY.
It still sees use today, though not as a secret so much as virtue signaling.
The reason for them choosing the symbol was because ichthys was an anagram acronym:
Ιησους - Jesus
Χριστός - Christ
Θεού - of God
Υιός - son
Σωτήρ - saviour
I.e. Jesus Christ, son of God, (our) saviour
Or maybe they just thought God was a fish ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Explanation: In Christian mythology, the ichthys symbol, depicted, was used as a secret sign of one’s faith. To outsiders, it would appear only as an innocent fish - to those in the know, it would be a sign of belonging to the DANGEROUS CULT OF CHRISTIANITY.
It still sees use today, though not as a secret so much as virtue signaling.
dangerous cult indeed. at least in the USA.
Idk catholic church kind of fuck medieval europe.
The reason for them choosing the symbol was because ichthys was an
anagramacronym:Ιησους - Jesus Χριστός - Christ Θεού - of God Υιός - son Σωτήρ - saviour
I.e. Jesus Christ, son of God, (our) saviour
Or maybe they just thought God was a fish ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Abbreviation maybe? An anagram would be scrambling the letters to remake a phrase with the same letters in a different order
🤦Yeah, not anagram. Acronym is the word I was looking for.