What do the letters "IHS" mean?

Question

A. Latin for "Jesus' Heart and Soul"

B. "I Heart Saints"

C. First three letters of "Jesus" in Greek

D. Greek for "fish"

E. First three letters of "Jesus" in Latin

Answer 1

C.

I'm learning but having fun, how weird.

Answer 2

From the Catholic Encyclopedia New Advent we find that IHS means:

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". In Latin the learned abbreviation IHC rarely occurs after the Carlovingian era. The mongram became more popular after the twelfth century when St. Bernard insisted much on devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, and the fourteenth, when the founder of the Jesuati, Blessed John Colombini (d. 1367), usually wore it on his breast. Towards the close of the Middle Ages IHS became a symbol, quite like the chi-rho in the Constantinian period. Sometimes above the H appears a cross and underneath three nails, while the whole figure is surrounded by rays. IHS became the accepted iconographical characteristic of St. Vincent Ferrer (d. 1419) and of St. Bernardine of Siena (d. 1444). The latter holy missionary, at the end of his sermons, was wont to exhibit this monogram devoutly to his audience, for which some blamed him; he was even called before Martin V. St. Ignatius of Loyola adopted the monogram in his seal as general of the Society of Jesus (1541), and thus it became the emblem of his institute. IHS was sometimes wrongly understood as "Jesus Hominum (or Hierosolymae) Salvator", i.e. Jesus, the Saviour of men (or of Jerusalem=Hierosolyma).



God Bless
Robin

Answer 3

In High School
Indiana Hill School [school where i live]
IHS can mean

* Christogram, an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ (the first three letters of "Jesus" in Greek)
* this Christogram is featured in the seal of the Society of Jesus, i. e. the Jesuits
* IHS Press is a Catholic publishing house based in Virginia
* IHS Inc., a technical information provider
* Indian Health Service, United States
* Information Handling Services
* Integrated heatspreader, a copper covering on top of some computer processors
* Institute for Humane Studies
* International Headache Society
* Integrated Health Services, Pakistan
* Institute for Humanist Studies
* Interstate Highway System
* International Horn Society
* IHS, the health care division of Dictaphone
* Many schools, including:
o Irvine High School
o Interlake High School in Bellevue, Washington
o International High School of San Francisco
o Interboro High School in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania
o Ithaca High School in Ithaca, New York

Answer 4

My understanding of IHS is that these 3 letters are an acronym for the hand-me-down Latin phrase "in hoc signo" (= "in this sign"). And, these three letters are part of the sign which Emperor Constantine claimed to have seen in the sun just before a major military victory. The complete phrase, so I've learned, was "in hoc signo vinces" (= "in this sign conquer", or, "in this sign victory"). After Constantine's victory, "in hoc signo" and IHS were apparently used as a Catholic battle cry and slogan, respectively, during the Crusades; other religion-oriented conflicts, and Catholic worship services. The partial acronym (IHS) is frequently seen on Christian worship paraphernalia today. The fourth letter (V) was long ago removed from the acronym to make it appear that IHS had no religio-military significance for the early Catholic Church.

Answer 5

Indian Health Service

Answer 6

C. First three letters of "Jesus" in Greek.

Answer 7

It's C. In Greek, Jesus' name is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, so IHS is the first three letters of that.

Answer 8

E. First three letters of "Jesus" in Latin

Answer 9

Institute for Human Services

Answer 10

Indian health services.

Answer 11

If correct, it referred to Jesus as "was called King of the Jews" NOT literally that he WAS but that he called this.