JUPITERASC
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“Religious scholar Bart Ehrman refutes many of the historical claims that Dan Brown made in his best-seller "The Da Vinci Code". Ehrman's book is "Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code." (Originally aired June 2005)”
keep in mind that
Christianity crystallized
in the form of an independent religion
and doctrine separate from Judaism
only after passing through Egypt
which gave it three of the most important components.
The Cross:
Early Christians did not use the cross as a symbol.
Until fourth century AD, Christians in the ancient world used the fish symbol
"Ichthys in Greek" or ΙΧΘΥΣ, the oldest known Christian symbol.
The symbol of the cross used by Christians throughout the world
is the development of an ancient Egyptian symbol, "Ankh"
which carries the meaning of eternity, or life after death.
In the Coptic Museum in Cairo there is plentiful archaeological evidence
on the evolution of the use of this symbol and its adoption by Egyptian Christians
as a decorative element at the beginning
and then as a symbolic value associated with the eternity of Christ and defying death.
In the Coptic Museum in Cairo there are tombstones
that have a fascinating development of the use of the symbol of Ankh
which was traditionally placed as a sail
for the Ra boat in the other life to cross the sea of darkness.
After Christianity, the first Christians in Egypt
also placed on their graves the Ra’s sailboat
but with a slight change in the form of the ankh symbol
to become closer to the shape of the cross.
The evolution of the symbol of the cross from the pharaonic symbol Ankh
is closer to archaeological studies
than the common hypothesis
that the symbol of the cross refers to the instrument of torture used to crucify Christ.
The ancient Roman cross
that Christ was supposed to have been crucified on
was T-shaped
which was different from the shape of the known cross.
Trinity:
The oldest creed that Egypt had known for thousands of years
was based on the Holy Trinity
the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus
whom Isis bore without defiling herself
Sounds familiar
keep in mind that
Christianity crystallized
in the form of an independent religion
and doctrine separate from Judaism
only after passing through Egypt
which gave it three of the most important components.
The Cross:
Early Christians did not use the cross as a symbol.
Until fourth century AD, Christians in the ancient world used the fish symbol
"Ichthys in Greek" or ΙΧΘΥΣ, the oldest known Christian symbol.
The symbol of the cross used by Christians throughout the world
is the development of an ancient Egyptian symbol, "Ankh"
which carries the meaning of eternity, or life after death.
In the Coptic Museum in Cairo there is plentiful archaeological evidence
on the evolution of the use of this symbol and its adoption by Egyptian Christians
as a decorative element at the beginning
and then as a symbolic value associated with the eternity of Christ and defying death.
In the Coptic Museum in Cairo there are tombstones
that have a fascinating development of the use of the symbol of Ankh
which was traditionally placed as a sail
for the Ra boat in the other life to cross the sea of darkness.
After Christianity, the first Christians in Egypt
also placed on their graves the Ra’s sailboat
but with a slight change in the form of the ankh symbol
to become closer to the shape of the cross.
The evolution of the symbol of the cross from the pharaonic symbol Ankh
is closer to archaeological studies
than the common hypothesis
that the symbol of the cross refers to the instrument of torture used to crucify Christ.
The ancient Roman cross
that Christ was supposed to have been crucified on
was T-shaped
which was different from the shape of the known cross.
Trinity:
The oldest creed that Egypt had known for thousands of years
was based on the Holy Trinity
the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus
whom Isis bore without defiling herself
Sounds familiar
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