According to one ancient story, when a Christian met a stranger in the ... the fish hearken back to this practice. Critics of the fish symbol either decry it as tacky tokenism or point out that ...

Early Christians used a wide variety of symbols to express their faith. The second-century Christian teacher Clement of Alexandria identified a dove, a fish, a ship, a lyre, and an anchor as ...

Until the fourth century AD, Christians in the ancient world used the fish symbol "Ichthys in Greek" or ΙΧΘΥΣ, the oldest known Christian symbol. As for the symbol of the cross used by ...

Legend has it that early Christians used a fish symbol to covertly identify themselves to one another. These Christian fish, some unadorned, some with the Greek letters iota, chi, theta ...

Businesses ranging from auto shops to roofers, lawn services, locksmiths, pawnshops and even a law firm display the Christian fish ... the ancient religious emblem. "As far as seeing the symbol ...

The best known of these early symbols is the fish ... and the language of the Christian New Testament. The Greek for fish, ichthus, served as an acronym for “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.” ...

The image of Jonah and the fish was used by later early Christian groups as a symbol of Christ and his resurrection, based on a reference by Jesus to Jonah in a passage in the gospel of Matthew ...

In fact, the Christian fish symbol means two things: the crossed tail represents the crucifixion of Christ, and also baptism, water and spiritual immersion. Early Christians who were persecuted ...

This symbol was created as the antithesis of the Christian fish symbol or ichthys ... It could be said that, like the persecuted early Christians, people who believe in evolution have also ...

The fish, an early Christian symbol, has appeared on Republic's seal since 1990. The designer, Republic resident Marilyn Schexsnayder, created it for a public competition and has said she thought ...

Two mosaics inside the church — one covered with fish, an ancient Christian symbol that predated the widespread use of the cross symbol — tell the story of a Roman officer and a woman named ...