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Post by dustdevil28 on Jan 4, 2007 7:14:03 GMT -8
While I was home recently a friend of the family passed away. She was Catholic and her funeral was at a recently built Catholic church. There was a large picture of Jesus behind the alter with him standing in front of a cross. The cross behind him had three letters on them that read from left to right "O" "W" "N." The letters were on the ends of the cross and so far everbody I've asked isn't sure of the meaning behind the letters.
The fact that nobody seems to know the meaning is really driving my curiosity and if anybody can shed any light on the meaning than it would be appreciated.
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Post by cataracts on Jan 4, 2007 22:54:34 GMT -8
Battleborn,
I have no idea what the letters OWN stand for. Sorry. Traditionally every Catholic Church has a Crucified Christ behind and above the alter. You will actually see a statue of the body of Christ as hung on the cross. Lately some Catholic Church have used a "resurrected Christ" which is very often just a plain cross with a statue of Jesus standing in front of the Cross with his arms outstretched at approximately waist high.
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Post by dustdevil28 on Jan 5, 2007 21:07:31 GMT -8
Battleborn, I have no idea what the letters OWN stand for. Sorry. Traditionally every Catholic Church has a Crucified Christ behind and above the alter. You will actually see a statue of the body of Christ as hung on the cross. Lately some Catholic Church have used a "resurrected Christ" which is very often just a plain cross with a statue of Jesus standing in front of the Cross with his arms outstretched at approximately waist high. Cataracts Thanks for the reply Cat. This was a painting and Christ was not cruxified, he was in front of the cross with his left hand resting at his side and his right hand up in view. It must be a foreign laguage I guess, but I still wish I knew for sure. |
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Post by MrDoublel on Jan 24, 2007 10:49:59 GMT -8
Is it O W N or is it the greek letters Omicron, Omega, Nu? These stood for the phrase spoken by God to Moses from the burning bush in Exodus 3:14 , "egw eimi o wn", meaning, "I am that I am". Keep in mind this phrase was taken from the Septuagint, the Greek form of the Old Testament. The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew. www.christiansymbols.net/god_page19.htmwww.christiansymbols.net/halos_page2.htmNote that at times Omega is portrayed resembling a "W". |
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Post by tits on Jan 24, 2007 12:43:29 GMT -8
Danke mein Freun!
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Post by FightingFalcon on Jan 24, 2007 13:01:49 GMT -8
That's weird....the only symbols I've ever seen on the cross are "INRI" which translated from Latin means Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
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Post by MrDoublel on Jan 25, 2007 11:14:04 GMT -8
I've seen the others but never put much thought into them before. It was BBs query that peeked my interest.
That is a cool page. A lot of information for the curious.
Glad to have been of help BB.
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Post by dustdevil28 on Feb 8, 2007 15:16:09 GMT -8
I've seen the others but never put much thought into them before. It was BBs query that peeked my interest. That is a cool page. A lot of information for the curious. Glad to have been of help BB. I never did thank you for that SFC. It was a very good piece of info followed with even better sites. Much appreciated. |
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Post by MrDoublel on Feb 9, 2007 6:15:47 GMT -8
Hey, I learned a lot too. It's always nice to have the eyes opened to new information.
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