CHRISTIAN APPROPRIATION OF PAGAN SYMBOLS The integration of Christian intellectual and religious life into the Roman world can be seen in a number of different ways: their participation in social ...
I have long liked the use of the “Jesus Fish” as a symbol. No doubt you have seen this icon. It can be found on cars, business cards, and is even incorporated into the signage of businesses.
We have pagan catacombs, Jewish catacombs, and Christian catacombs ... gospel stories or stories from the Hebrew Scriptures or the symbol of the orans and the good shepherd.
Paganism is nature-based and follows ... This is classical mythology and before Christianity, snakes were ancient symbols of feminine divinity, healing, and transformation." Stevi Tsaras, who ...
The other side is filled with Christian symbolism - a figure with a book and a cross, by a fish and a defeated serpent. This stone is not only a 'page-turn' from pagan to Christian beliefs ...