'''Monogram IH'''[[File:IH Monogram with iota and eta superimposed.jpg|20px]] diambil dari inisial nama [[Yesus]] ("''IHSOUS''" dalam [[bahasa Yunani Koine]]).<!-- Dua huruf pertama nama itu adalah [[Iota]] ('''Ι''') dan [[Eta]] ('''Η'''), ditulis tumpang tindih, atau jumlah nilai huruf-huruf itu, sangat terkenal dan merupakan cara awal untuk melambangkan [[Kristus]].<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> Simbol ini diberi penjelasan dalam [[Surat Barnabas]] dan oleh [[Klemens dari Alexandria]].<ref name="CA"/> Dari nama [[Yesus]] dan [[Kristus]] dalam bahasa Yunani muncul sejumlah [Christogram]]. antara lain seperti IHS.
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TheGambar image"Gembala Yang Baik", seringkali dengan seekor domba digendong di atas pundaknya, merupakan simbol yang paling umum untuk melambangkan pelayanan [[Kristus]] of the Good Shepherd, often with a sheep on his shoulders, is the most common of the symbolic [[Depiction of Jesus|representations of Christ]] found the [[Catacombs of Rome]], and it is related to the [[Parable of the Lost Sheep]]. Initially it was also understood as a symbol like others used in [[Early Christian art]]. By about the 5th century the figure more often took on the appearance of the conventional depiction of Christ, as it had developed by this time, and was given a [[halo (religious iconography)|halo]] and rich robes.
