2007-05-20 09:16:59 · 6 answers · asked by anthony b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A monogram of the name of Jesus Christ. From the third century the names of our Saviour are sometimes shortened, particularly in Christian inscriptions (IH and XP, for Jesus and Christus). In the next century the "sigla" (chi-rho) occurs not only as an abbreviation but also as a symbol. From the beginning, however, in Christian inscriptions the nomina sacra, or names of Jesus Christ, were shortened by contraction, thus IC and XC or IHS and XPS for Iesous Christos. These Greek monograms continued to be used in Latin during the Middle Ages. Eventually the right meaning was lost, and erroneous interpretation of IHS led to the faulty orthography "Jhesus".
2007-05-20 09:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by One Odd Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The IHS monogram is an abbreviation or shortening of Jesus' name in Greek to the first three letters. Thus ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, ιησυς (iēsus, "Jesus"), is shortened to ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma), sometimes transliterated into Latin or English characters as IHS or ΙΗC.
2007-05-20 09:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An abbreviation of the Greak spelling of Jesus (Ihesus)
2007-05-20 09:21:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a monogram of Greek origin of the holy name of Jesus Christ .
2007-05-20 09:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From where do you get this?
It's nothing Scriptural, which means it's probably nothing more than manmade tradition.
2007-05-20 09:22:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In His service.
2007-05-20 09:22:40 · answer #6 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋