Rotas
Early Christian secret wordsquare acrostic puzzle. The words read the same down as across.. They mean, literally `The sower Arepo holds with care the wheels`, but when the letters are rearranged they spell the opening words of the Lords Prayer: `Pater noster` with an extra A and O as Alpha and Omega. This secret wordsquare was found throughout the Roman empire, from Pompeii to Manchester in Britain.

Shepherd
The Good Shepherd and the Sheep. A mural painting in a cubiculum of the Catacombs of S. Callixtus. Pictorially this is a Christian version of Hermes..

Worship
Early Christians worshipping - by William Hole.
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Grafiti
`Alexamenos worships his god` - graffito from end of 2nd C.
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Grafiti
The grave of Rufinas and Irene, early 3rd century. The first sacred use of the Cross.

Ichthys
Early Christian symbol of a fish. Greek for fish is an acrostic for Jesus, Christ, God, Son, Saviour.
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Anchors from Roman catacombs. Some anchors had one fluke, some two (as shown here) and some four (as alluded to in Acts 27.29). Anchors were considered an emblem of hope, as in Heb.6.19, and were often carved on Christian tombs..

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Christian monogram from the Roman catacombs: Chi Rho with Alpha and Omega as in 54a, then the normal sepulchral inscription: `Rest in Peace, Januarius. Lived ....

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Christian monogram from the Roman catacombs: Chi (X) with Rho (P) (the first two letters of Christos) then Omega (W) and Alpha (A), (the first and last letters of the alphabet) as in Rev.1.8,11..

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Left: Early crosses and monograms of Christ from the Catacombs at Rome. Right: Labarum of Constantine with Chi-Rho..

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Some earliest representations of the crucifixion.