After Jesus died, early Christians were hesitant to use the cross as a symbol. Since it was linked to criminals, it was something the Church did not embrace immediately. Instead, they used other signs ...

The Christian identity of the site's inhabitants is confirmed by the discovery of three plaster crosses, Chi-Rho graffiti, and a fish symbol-key markers of early Christian worship. These artifacts ...

One person would draw one arc of the fish and if the other person was also a Christian, then they would draw the other arc. Anyone who was not a Christian would not recognise the symbol and so ...

The tradition of only eating fish on Good Friday comes from a Catholic rule of not consuming the meat of warm-blooded animals on Fridays. When this rule was decreed by the Catholic Church, many opted ...