The
Anchor Cross An early covert Christian symbol. It continues the symbolism
of the ichthus,
or "jesus fish," and represented the Church. It is one of several
cross forms called 'dissimulata," meaning "dissimilar." It is
a symbol commonly found in the Christian catacombs. The sybol predates Christianity
as a pagan symbol.
Today,
the lower portion of the anchor represents Mary's symbol, the crescent moon,
surmounted by the cross of the son, Christ.
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Sophia
Sophia, in Gnostic belief, was the wife of Christ, the soul of the world,
and the Wisdom of God.
Gnostic
scriptures, Texts
The Gnostics were early Pagans and Christians with a very unique theology.
Gnostic texts were found to be so threatening that many were destroyed or
hidden, only to be rediscovered two thousand years later. Gnostic scriptures
and source materials including the a gospel attributed to Mary Magdalen, and
Gnostic exegesis of Canonical texts.
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