2007-10-03 17:32:30 · 6 answers · asked by Momo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what is the word that the "x" stands for? i know it is some really funky latin / greek word but which is it? and they are not the first two letters of jesus' name. rite?
2007-10-07 07:55:40 · update #1
Jesus Christ in Greek is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ and written in the English alphabet is "IHCOYC XPICTOC" or "IHSOYS XPISTOS"
Starting in the third century the nomina sacra, or names of Jesus, were sometimes shortened by contraction in Christian inscriptions, resulting in sequences of Greek letters such as:
+ Jesus +
IH (iota eta)
IC (iota sigma) (first and last letter)
IHC (iota eta sigma)
IHS (iota eta sigma)
JH (iota eta)
JC (iota sigma)
JHC (iota eta sigma)
JHS (iota eta sigma)
+ Christ +
XP (chi ro)
XC (chi sigma) (first and last letter)
XPC (chi rho sigma)
XPS (chi rho sigma)
+ Jesus Christ +
IX
IC XC
IHS XPS
JX
JC XC
JHS XPS
The Greek letter sigma has been translated as both "C" and "S"
The Greek letter iota has been translated as both "I" and "J"
With love in Christ.
2007-10-08 18:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Chr Rho is a symbol used by the Catholic Church. It is probably other Christian denominations use it too, I don't really know.
Anyway, the Chi Rho is the a symbol that simply means 'Jesus'. TRhe Chi and Roe are the first two letters in Jesus' name in the Greek alphabet. It has the appearance of the letter "P" with the letter "X" on top of each in the same way the New York Yankees display the NY on their baseball caps.
2007-10-07 06:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What about it? Could you throw in a verb somewhere? It looks like an "X" (Chi) over or next to an "P" (Rho). It stands for the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek, Χριστοσ ("Christos"). It's also the reason why Christmas is written sometimes as "Xmas".
2007-10-03 17:35:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is the way Romans really crucified people. Since they did it by the thousands the way movies & churches show it wouldn't have worked. They people who were alive after this practice had stopped drew it as an X with a P in the center of the X. The X is how the arms & legs were nailed & the P is the straight piece they used to lie the body on & the top of the P is the head leaning to the side. Goes back way before 300ad.
2015-04-06 07:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by Tyrahn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those aren't catholic symbols, they're Greek.
2007-10-03 17:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Okay.
2007-10-03 17:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋