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unmagical@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
He didn’t.
yeah, the trappings of a death cult didn’t sit well with him, plus the whole cross thing was a real turn off. Imagine if a guillotine had killed you and you come back to see a religion spring up using guillotines as their symbol
I believe the early symbol of Christianity was the Icthys, then the Chi-Rho, before European Christians settled on the Latin cross.
It less fun if you well-ackshually, but I appreciate the scholarship
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 months ago
yeah, the trappings of a death cult didn’t sit well with him, plus the whole cross thing was a real turn off. Imagine if a guillotine had killed you and you come back to see a religion spring up using guillotines as their symbol
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I believe the early symbol of Christianity was the Icthys, then the Chi-Rho, before European Christians settled on the Latin cross.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It less fun if you well-ackshually, but I appreciate the scholarship