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  2. Early Christian inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian inscriptions are the epigraphical remains of early Christianity. They are a valuable source of information in addition to the writings of the Church Fathers regarding the development of Christian thought and life in the first six centuries of the religion's existence. [ 2 ]

  3. Christogram - Wikipedia

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    In antiquity, the cross, i.e. the instrument of Christ's crucifixion (crux, stauros), was taken to be T-shaped, while the X-shape ("chiasmus") had different connotations.. There has been scholarly speculation on the development of the Christian cross, the letter Chi used to abbreviate the name of Christ, and the various pre-Christian symbolism associated with the chiasmus interpreted in terms ...

  4. Category:Early Christian inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Early Christian inscriptions" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology - Wikipedia

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    Tell es-Safi inscription (10th to mid 9th centuries BC) – Potsherd inscribed with the two names "alwt" and "wlt", etymologically related to the name Goliath and demonstrate that the name fits with the context of late-tenth/early-ninth-century BC Philistine culture.

  6. Christianity in the ante-Nicene period - Wikipedia

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    For the early Christians, the Holy Kiss "was associated with the peace and unity given by the Holy Spirit to the congregation." [46] To guard against any abuse of this form of salutation, women and men were required to sit separately, and the kiss of peace was given only by women to women and by men to men, with closed mouths. [46]

  7. Titulus (inscription) - Wikipedia

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    See also Titulus (Roman Catholic) for Roman churches called tituli, or titulus (disambiguation) for more meanings. Titulus (Latin "inscription" or "label", the plural tituli is also used in English) is a term used for the labels or captions naming figures or subjects in art, which were commonly added in classical and medieval art, and remain ...

  8. Chi Rho - Wikipedia

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    The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation / ˈ k aɪ ˈ r oʊ /; also known as chrismon [1]) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.

  9. Category:Inscriptions by period of creation - Wikipedia

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    Early Christianity-related inscriptions (1 C, 6 P) M. Medieval inscriptions (21 C, 5 P) Modern inscriptions (12 C, 1 P) P. Prehistoric inscriptions (3 C, 7 P)