Pagan symbols ,is it ok

[AFlemishCatholic]

so years ago i got form my grandmother a ankh symbol present and it has been hanging on my wall for a while just because i’m intressted in history is it ok for me to have pagan symbols hanging on my wall ?

 

[TK421]

Yes it’s fine to be interested in history/anthropology and have various objects hanging on your wall.

 

[Francis]

@AFlemishCatholic

what is it ,please explain ,we dont know what is the origin and meaning and effects of such items ,you should be careful spiritually even if its valuable ,you soul is more important .

Deuteronomy 7:26 Do not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

 

[AFlemishCatholic]

it’s an ankh but is fake its a replica i use it just for decoration

 

[angel12]

it’s an ankh but is fake its a replica i use it just for decoration

There’s nothing wrong with that.

 

[Dovekin]

According to Socrates of Constantinople, when Christians were dismantling Alexandria’s greatest temple, the Serapeum, in 391 AD, they noticed cross-like signs inscribed on the stone blocks. Pagans who were present said the sign meant “life to come”, an indication that the sign Socrates referred to was the ankh; Christians claimed the sign was their own.
Wikipedia Ankh

Coptic Christians use it, part of their heritage and their Christianity.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Coptic Christians use it, part of their heritage and their Christianity.

There you go, OP. Just think of it in the spirit of the Coptic Christians. Maybe read up on the meaning they ascribe to it, and the history of that.

 

[1ke]

so years ago i got form my grandmother a ankh symbol present and it has been hanging on my wall for a while just because i’m intressted in history is it ok for me to have pagan symbols hanging on my wall ?

While the ankh is a symbol from ancient Egypt, Egyptian Christians use the ankh cross as a Christian symbol.