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The Chi-Rho.
The Chi-Rho like many Roman or Pagan symbols have been adopted by Christians, yet, my earliest acknowledgement of the Chi-Rho was on a Ptolemy dynastic coinage, date 3rd-century BCE. But what did it mean other than the names of two Greek letters. In fact, the Roman used the symbol on military vexillum/banners, such as the Labarum, one notably used by Emperor Constantine (306-337). However, Christians latched on to the Chi-Rho symbol as the first two letters of the name Christ in Greek, which Χριστός meaning anointed, and was not the true name of Yeshu/Jesus. This was only true to Greek speakers, to the simple-minded Aramaic fishermen it meant nothing, until the Romans came to town. That is, when they saw their first XP, see file photo, and I do not mean the vexillum, but the leader of the Centuria.
The scholar Joaquín Serrano del Pozo (a post-doctoral fellow, at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany), writing on the Labarum and charismatic symbols, such as XP, wrote: The exact shape and meaning of this emblem are not completely clear. Based on one coin issued by Constantine and Eusebius’ description, it appears that the object was some sort of monogram affixed to a Roman military standard of the vexillum type. The Christian narratives attributed a spiritual meaning to the emblem, which Eusebius described as a “cross-shaped trophy of salvation” and linked with Constantine’s conversion. In this interpretation, the monogram usually represents some variation of Christ’s name. However, numerous scholars have questioned these narratives as later fabrications, suggesting that – at least originally – the monogram represented some pagan solar symbol. The word Labarum – first attested in the chapter heading added by the first editor of the VC*— is of apparent Celtic origin, possibly linked with the significant presence of Gauls and Britons among Constantine’s troops. Scroll down to 2. The labarum and Its Origins.
The Centurion, or Latin: Centurio was a soldier in the Roman legion who had a hundred legionnaires under his command, and his title was abbreviated to XP.
Jero Jones
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