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The Christian fish symbol is based on the the Greek word for fish, "ixthus" (or ichthus), formed by 5 Greek letters. (Iesous Christos Theou Uios Soter) The first letter stood for the name of Jesus. The second letter represented the word Christ, the next two stood for God and Son, and the final letter represented the word Saviour. Altogether, then, this formed the statement "Jesus Christ, Son of God, and Saviour". The fish was then the way by which two Christians could identify each other. If two strangers met, and one began idly drawing a fish symbol on the ground, it would mean nothing if the other person was not a Christ-follower, and the Christian would not be in danger of persecution, a common problem in the decades immediately following Jesus's life on Earth.

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