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for some discussion of backgrounds, see
> Jean Danielou, Theology
> of Jewish Christianity
Is this a translation of _Les Symboles chrétiens
primitifs_, in which Daniélou traces the sign of the
cross back to the sign of the tav/tau traced on the
forehead as a symbol of Yahweh, the Hebrew tav being
the equivalent of the Greek omega? If it is not, then
consulting _Les Symboles..._ might also be fruitful.
MG
), while other discussants are
> speaking of signing
> across the chest, and perhaps other means (use of
> icons or icon-like
> postures, etc.). In written materials, the Greek
> form of the title/name
> "Christos" may have called the cross to
> consciousness for some/many
> (especially in abbreviated forms of "Christos"),
> while the chi-rho
> monogram is adopted and transformed in Christianity
> (the symbol is already
> there in the Greco-Roman world), and possibly the
> IXQUS (fish) symbol(ism)
> also called attention to the cross. This is all
> interesting and
> multi-faceted, and perhaps deserves to be better
> nuanced in the
> discussions here. When is signing across the chest
> first evidenced, for
> example?
>
> Bob
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