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Thursday, December 04, 2008

ICTUS

For sometime I've been noticing a bumper sticker or a casting mounted on the trunk lids of cars. The body of the symbol may be empty, or may contain a name ("Jesus" or "ICTUS"). This is a Christian symbol especially when fish is often mentioned in the gospels eg Mark 1:17: "Come after Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." ,Matthew 12:40: "...Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, ..." , Matthew 14:17: "And they said to Him, 'We have here only five loaves and two fish.'" etc. What is also interesting is the Greek word for fish, ichthus, spelled: Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma has a popular translation Iesous (Jesus) CHristos (Christ) THeou (God) Uiou (Son) Soter (Savior).

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