Simbol Kristen: Perbedaan antara revisi

Simbol "Alfa dan Omega" [[File:Alpha-omega.png|30px]] digunakan sejak awal [[Kekristenan]], mengambil huruf pertama dan terakhir [[alfabet Yunani]], [[alpha (Alpha]] ('''α''' atau '''Α''') dan [[Omega]] ('''ω''' atau '''Ω'''), yang diturunkan dari pernyataan [[Yesus]] [[Kristus]] (atau Allah) sendiri "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" ({{Alkitab|Wahyu 22:13}}, juga 1:8 dan 21:6).

Simbol '''Chi Rho''' [[File:Christliche Symbolik (Menzel) I 193 1.jpg|20px15px]] tersusun dari penumpangtindihan dua huruf pertama (dalam bentuk huruf besar) [[Chi]] dan [[Rho]] ('''ΧΡ''') dari kata Yunani "'''ΧΡ'''ΙΣΤΟΣ" '' =[[Kristus]]'' sedemikian sehingga membentuk suatu [[monogram]]. <!--Widespread in ancient Christianity, it was the symbol used by the [[Roman Emperors|Roman emperor]] [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] as [[vexillum]] (named [[Labarum]]).

===IH Monogram [[File:IH Monogram with iota and eta superimposed.jpg|20px]]===

[[File:IH Monogram with iota and eta superimposed.jpg|20px]] merupakan inisial nama [[Yesus]] dalam bahasa Yunani Koine.<!--The initials of the name of [[Jesus]] in [[Koine Greek|Greek]], [[iota (letter)|iota]] ('''Ι''') and [[eta (letter)|eta]] ('''Η'''), sometime superimposed one on the other, or their [[Greek numerals|numeric value]] 18, was a well known and very early way to represent Christ.<ref>{{cite book | last = Hurtado | first = Larry | title = The earliest Christian artifacts : manuscripts and Christian origins | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-8028-2895-8 | pages=114–115}}</ref> This symbol was already explained in the [[Epistle of Barnabas]] and by [[Clement of Alexandria]].<ref name="CA"/> For other christograms such as IHS, see Article [[Christogram]].