What does the stamp of IHS mean?

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Any know where I can look up what the stamp of IHS meanst? I went to this link, newadvent.org/cathen/07649a.htm, but it did not say what it stands for. And in reading what’s on this link, I’m still not too clear as to why these inconographs ever arose.

Thanks for any help to my questions.

Nelson
 
It means iota-eta-sigma, which is a monogram of Christ in Greek. Eta looks like a Roman alphabet “H” and is written as that.

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DaMaMaXiMuS:
Any know where I can look up what the stamp of IHS meanst? I went to this link, newadvent.org/cathen/07649a.htm, but it did not say what it stands for. And in reading what’s on this link, I’m still not too clear as to why these inconographs ever arose.

Thanks for any help to my questions.

Nelson
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IHS is a partial Latin transliteration of the Greek Iesous, or “Jesus”. All it literally means is Our Lord’s first name.

You may sometimes hear the story that it stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator, or “Jesus, Savior of Mankind”, but that’s an application that somebody thought up during the late Middle Ages.

The Chi-Rho is the superimposed letters XP, which are the first two letters in Greek for Christ; so if you ever see:

IHS XP

what that means is: “Jesus Christ”.
 
IHS **doesn’t **stand for “Isis, Horus and Seb” (Egyptian gods) as some non-catholic literature would imply.

That theory was just invented by active minds with a little too much time on their hands.
 
Guess it doesn’t stand for “in hoc signo” either?

I learn so much from you people. :tiphat:
 
Oh, I always thought it IHS stood for I Hate Satan. Bwahaha.
 
Dr. Bombay:
Guess it doesn’t stand for “in hoc signo” either?

I learn so much from you people. :tiphat:
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Well, no, because that would be a sentence fragment. 🙂

In hoc signo means “Under this sign…”

Usually you see the whole phrase, In hoc signo vinces, or “Under this sign, conquer”.

Supposedly Constantine saw a vision of a cross with that logo underneath before the Battle of the Malvian Bridge, which was part of the reason he became a Christian. 🙂
 
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Well, no, because that would be a sentence fragment. 🙂

In hoc signo means “Under this sign…”

Usually you see the whole phrase, In hoc signo vinces, or “Under this sign, conquer”.

Supposedly Constantine saw a vision of a cross with that logo underneath before the Battle of the Malvian Bridge, which was part of the reason he became a Christian. 🙂
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Yeah, I know the Constantine story. It’s one of my favorites! It’s especially fun to torment the “peace and justice” crowd with it from time to time. 😉
 
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