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Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

if you’ve ever wondered (or not wondered) why some Christian symbolism uses a fish, ἸΧΘΥΣ (or ICTHYS) is an acronym for Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ

And that presumably is drawn as a fish in some language?

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user134450@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
“ἰχθύς” is the ancient greek word for “fish” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ΙΧΘΥΣ

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- Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I don’t see that word used in their comment?
  
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  - user134450@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    click on the link pls
    
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    Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh… I see, so it’s the word for fish.
    
    It would be like if we had an acronym F.I.S.H. and some people got cute and drew a 🐟 instead of writing F.I.S.H.
    
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