Guest HisG Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Anyone heard of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncn Posted April 11, 2014 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 6 Topic Count: 406 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5,248 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 1,337 Days Won: 67 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted April 11, 2014 R O T A S O P E R A T E N E T A R E P O S A T O R This Rotas Square is found in ancient Roman places including Cirencester and Pompeii back to 79 AD. It is a is a four-times palindrome. The words are written horizontally and vertically. They also have a backward spelling. 'rotas opera tenet arepo sator', translated as "Arepo (perhaps Plowman) the sower holds the wheels (plows) at work (or with care)". There has been consideration by many that the Rotas Squares are an early Christian sign. One may arrange the letters into a cross, with the single N as the center, as it is in the square, the letter Alpha, the words Our Father, and the letter Omega at the end both hoizontally and vertically. The letters may also be arranged into a simple prayer: 'Oro Te, Pater; oro Te , Pater; sanas' ('I pray to Thee, Father; I pray to Thee, Father; Thou healest'). http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/rotas_square.html Also this one in the old district of Oppede in France's Luberon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 It's interesting isn't it. Clever. However, the program was saying that early Christians would display them outside/inside their homes to declare their faith in God and that it was also used to ward off evil... Hmmm..(superstitions mixed with Christianity?.....?) Also said that Christian art didn't appear until the 3rd century AD and that before that was only represented as symbols ( being for protection reasons eg: persecutions). The anchor being a symbol representing Christ Himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted April 11, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 307 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,136 Content Per Day: 4.63 Reputation: 27,816 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 11, 2014 Blessings HisG I don't think it is really clear what the actual significance of the Sator or Rotas square was? I believe they were discovered in the ashes of Mt.Vesuvius,& dated back to around 79AD ,as ncn has shown. Yes,quite clever.........they are popular in alot of museums in Europe & Briitain With love-in Christ,Kwik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hey Kwik, Apparently they have been found in Roman outposts as well eg: England. Probably to declare to others a particular household were of the Christian way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 An example of the Sator Square (or Rotas square) found in Manchester dating to the 2nd century is considered by some authorities to be one of the earliest pieces of evidence of Christianity in Britain.[5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sator_Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncn Posted April 11, 2014 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 6 Topic Count: 406 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5,248 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 1,337 Days Won: 67 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted April 11, 2014 This is an interesting article. I don't vouch for it's correctness as there are large discussions and deputes in the academic world. It does however, bring forth some insight. http://www.cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1959/Fishwick.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm not comfortable with the "magic" connotations associated with it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncn Posted April 11, 2014 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 6 Topic Count: 406 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5,248 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 1,337 Days Won: 67 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm not comfortable with the "magic" connotations associated with it at all. Yes, one has to be also careful not to fall into the Dan Brown syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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