Can you name some Christian symbols for me?

Question

Thanks.

Answer 1

Let's see. There are so many.

Lots and lots of different crosses, the ichthus (fish), the Lamb of God, the Good Shepherd (usually shown with a rescued sheep on his shoulders), a palm frond, three nails, the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, the Chi-Rho or sigla (the letters "X" and "P" together), crossed keys (Peter's "keys to the kingdom"), the pentagram (symbolizing the five wounds of Christ), a chalice, the trefoil, a crown, a shepherd's staff/crook, an Easter lily, the Sacred Heart, a crown and thorns, INRI (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum = Jesus, King of the Jews), and IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvator = Jesus, Savior of Men).

And those are only the ones more or less directly related to Jesus and doesn't even begin to list all those associated with the saints, martyrs, and the many individual denominations.

Answer 2

The most comprehensive list I can come up with would be the following:

The Cross: Obvious, the symbol of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God for humanity

The three nails: the symbol for the crucifixion

Water: Symbolic of the rebirth of baptism, of washing of sins, of (when submerged) of the darkness of the womb

The Fish: Used by christians in the roman empire to secretly show that they were christians without alerting surrounding Roman authorities

The Fire, the burning bush, the pillar of fire: Fire is a symbol of deliverance from sin and oppression by purging... it is the destructively salvific force that cleanses impurities of the soul just like a rough stone cleanses the impurities of the skin

The Palm leaves: Symbolic of the leaves laid before Jesus' donkey as He entered Jerusalem via the old road.

Gold/Marble: These are symbolic in that they are pure substances. As such, traditionally churches were created with holy objects being created from Gold and Marble and (in rare occasion) silver in order to maintain both the purity of substance AND spirit behind an object's importance. Gold functions also as the idea of what the human soul becomes when sin is removed from it... which is useful for the fire symbolism since gold is purified by fire as well.

The Cup and Chalice: the icon of the celebration of the last supper where Jesus partook of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God with His disciples. In Jewish tradition, the sacrificial lamb at passover had to also be consumed by the family sacrificing the lamb, hence the symbol of the cup and chalice is representative of partaking in the sacrifice of the Lamb of God.

Alpha and Omega, symbolizing that God is both the beggining and the end of all things.

Answer 3

The Hammer: symbol of the passion
The Ladder: Jacob’s dream or passion
Lightning: destruction and God’s vengeance
Mask: hypocrisy
Millstone: martyrdom
Mirror: prophecy or the virgin Mary

Answer 4

cross
rainbow (however u see them on cars its usually used to symbolise homosexuality now - but it was originally a symbol for god's promises)
fish
dove
mary is a symbol. cant think of anything else off the top of my head.

Answer 5

The silver bullet

Answer 6

You mean like the cross, dove, fish ? cross= Jesus death and resurrection. Dove = Holy Spirit and the fish= something about the old testament and honestly I do not know exactly...but I remember learning about it.

Answer 7

The Pope hat.