Hallo Mary Bull,

am Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2002 schriebst Du:


> Also irresistible, at least to me: Early Christians, in their quest
> for privacy, would inscribe a drawing of a Fish on their dwelling and
> meeting places. A secret sign. Taken from Greek letters, also. Some
> knowledgeable linguist and historian take it up from here?

Iesous     Jesus
CHristos   Christ
THeou      God's
Yios       Son
Soter      Saviour

ICHTHYS=Fish.
Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour. The shortest Christian confession
of faith.

> This is, NB, totally on topic, given the significance of Fish to this
> List. :)

Hmmh well, I'm sure even I as a newbie on this list will find out soon
what you mean by this. ;-)


-- 
Schöne Grüße
Heiko Kuschel


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