Comments on: Extreme Ankh-tion http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-991744 Christina Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:32:46 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-991744 I so appreciate your sense of humor. Very funny. Very, Very funny. All I could think of though were your girls and how they probably don't think the same way about Dad's sense of humor! I so appreciate your sense of humor. Very funny. Very, Very funny. All I could think of though were your girls and how they probably don’t think the same way about Dad’s sense of humor!

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-991244 Kevin P. Edgecomb Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:45:52 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-991244 Yes, the ankh is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic logogram for life. That is, the Egyptian word for life is actually ankh, and the symbol thus represents life iconographically. It's everywhere in Egyptian art. You'll often see the ankh being held to the lips of a pharaoh by a god, indicating such-and-such god has given life to such-and-such pharaoh. That the Copts appropriated the ankh for their form of the Cross is perfectly fitting, as it is, of course, the Lifegiving Cross. Yes, the ankh is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic logogram for life. That is, the Egyptian word for life is actually ankh, and the symbol thus represents life iconographically. It’s everywhere in Egyptian art. You’ll often see the ankh being held to the lips of a pharaoh by a god, indicating such-and-such god has given life to such-and-such pharaoh. That the Copts appropriated the ankh for their form of the Cross is perfectly fitting, as it is, of course, the Lifegiving Cross.

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990702 Mike Aquilina Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990702 Andy, you've started a new field: ankhology. Andy, you’ve started a new field: ankhology.

]]> By: Andy Owens http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990701 Andy Owens Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:16:42 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990701 O my goodness ... what have I started????? O my goodness … what have I started?????

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990693 Mike Aquilina Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990693 I think you're ankh to something, Bob. I think you’re ankh to something, Bob.

]]> By: Bob Pegritz http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990692 Bob Pegritz Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:19:36 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990692 Isn't "ankh) part of King Tut's name? TutANKHamen? I heard that somewhere. BobAnkhPegritz, nephew of my Ankhle Raymond Isn’t “ankh) part of King Tut’s name? TutANKHamen? I heard that somewhere.

BobAnkhPegritz, nephew of my Ankhle Raymond

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