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Title
Apotheosis of Ichthus
Artist
David G Wilson
Medium
Sculpture - Mixed Media
Description
Ichthus (IXOYE) is the ancient Greek word for "Fish". The Fish is the ancient Christian symbol for Christ. Since the Romans were persecuting them they used the symbol of the fish as a code to secretly identify each other. One can still see the symbol of the fish on the back of cars identifying the owner as a Christian. Ichthus is the acronym that spelled out "Iesous Christos Theou Uios Soter" and it means "Jesus Christ, son of God, Savior".The 'I' is the Greek equivalent for 'J'(for "Jesus"), 'Ch' stands for " Christ," 'TH' for "theou" (Greek for God) 'U' for "(h)uios" (Greek for "son"), S for "Soter" (Greek for "Savior"). Here, the Fish, caught on a line, is sacrificed by man for his nutritional salvation and his spiritual salvation (comunion). Ichthus, here, is the fish that was incarnate as a man and was sacrified by man.
� David G. Wilson
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November 9th, 2007
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