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fernando · 19th October 2017, 03:57 PM

Old 23rd July 2016, 04:49 PM #279

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Originally Posted by fernando
They also call this symbol a christogram. (Quote)

This Nomen Sacrum IHS derives from the transkription of the first two and the last letter of the Greek name of Jesus - Iota-Eta-Sigma-Omikron-Ypsilon-Sigma or ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, = JESUS. The I is the Greek Iota, the H = Eta and the S = Sigma. So it has nothing to do with the Jesuit-association.
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19th October 2017, 03:57 PM	#250
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,642	Old 23rd July 2016, 04:49 PM #279 Posted by: corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Originally Posted by fernando They also call this symbol a christogram. (Quote) This Nomen Sacrum IHS derives from the transkription of the first two and the last letter of the Greek name of Jesus - Iota-Eta-Sigma-Omikron-Ypsilon-Sigma or ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, = JESUS. The I is the Greek Iota, the H = Eta and the S = Sigma. So it has nothing to do with the Jesuit-association. corrado26 . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 04:45 PM.