Eastern Roman Empire the Cross symbol
Historical sources
according to Lactantius, Flavius Valerius Constantinus was visited by a dream the night before the battle, where in he was advised "to mark the heavenly sign of God on the shields of his soldiers ... by means of a slanted letter X with the top of its head bent round, he marked Christ on their shields."[1]
Lets check ;
Here is that symbol :
Explanation we read is that is about of superimposed ,not ordinary but Greek letters: "A monogram and symbol for Christ, consisting of the superimposed Greek letters chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ),often embroidered on altar cloths and clerical vestments. Also called Chrismon, Christogram..." [2]
[
chi +
rho,
first two letters of
Greek Khrīstos,
Christ.]
[3]What is most than strange
Greeks today for the Cross will say ;Σταυρός
No need to add that Macedonian and all related modern languages of today for Cross will say:
Cross -Eng.
Krst -Maced.
Krst-Bulg.
Krst-Serb.
Kriz -Croat .
And no wonder because here is the root of that word .
Krs;
X-KS;
P-ro;
X + P ~> KS + Ro ~>
Ro in between K`S ~>
K Ro S...we read Kros .
Kros or Crossed ,because Ro is present crossed at the middle of dual K`S or X
two letters
Another words connected with word the Cross in Macedonian are and this :baptism baptize
Such a strange ..
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Ref:
1- Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum 44.4–6, tr. J.L. Creed,Lactantius: De Mortibus Persecutorum (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), qtd. in Lenski, "Reign of Constantine" (CC), 71.
2- American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Net links :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great#Early_life
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Chi-Rho
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/viewer.aspx?path=hm&name=A5chirho&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefreedictionary.com%2FChi-Rho
http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/symbols/Ptolemy.jpeg
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