Christianity--Church History/symbols

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what does the symbol with a fish with the letters ixoye inside of fish mean?

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The letters for the Greek word  IXTHUS(fish) have all the first Greek letters of Greek words which say "Jesus" "Christ" "God's" "Son" "Savior.

Those Greek letter which make us the word "fish"/IXTHUS are Iota,  Xia,  Theta, Upsolin, Sigma.
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Iasus,  Christos, Theos, Uios, Sotair.

The script of this website does not allow me to copy in these letter or words in the Greek.  

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I have knowledge of various writings of: the Ante-Nicene and Post-Nicene fathers. The history of the Bible`s origin. The original language of the New Testament. The history of the Old Testament and the changes in the church in the New Testament.

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