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>“Art thou perfectly certain, lord, that she drew a fish on the sand?”
>“Yes,” burst out Vinicius.
>“Then she is a Christian and Christians carried her away.” A moment of silence followed.
>“Listen, Chilo,” said Petronius. “My relative has predestined to thee a considerable sum of money for finding the girl, but a no less considerable number of rods if thou deceive him. In the first case thou wilt purchase not one, but three scribes; in the second, the philosophy of all the seven sages, with the addition of thy own, will not suffice to get thee ointment.”
>“The maiden is a Christian, lord,” cried the Greek.
>“Stop, Chilo. Thou art not a dull man. We know that Junia and Calvia Crispinilla accused Pomponia Græcina of confessing the Christian superstition; but we know too, that a domestic court acquitted her. Wouldst thou raise this again? Wouldst thou persuade us that Pomponia, and with her Lygia, could belong to the enemies of the human race, to the poisoners of wells and fountains, to the worshippers of an ass’s head, to people who murder infants and give themselves up to the foulest license? Think, Chilo, if that thesis which thou art announcing to us will not rebound as an antithesis on thy own back.”
>Chilo spread out his arms in sign that that was not his fault, and then said,—“Lord, utter in Greek the following sentence: Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.” [Iesous Christos, Theou Uios, Soter.]
>“Well, I have uttered it. What comes of that?”
>“Now take the first letters of each of those words and put them into one word.”
>“Fish!” said Petronius with astonishment. [Ichthus, the Greek word for “fish.”]
>“There, that is why fish has become the watchword of the Christians,” answered Chilo, proudly.
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>“Art thou perfectly certain, lord, that she drew a fish on the sand?”
>“Yes,” burst out Vinicius.
>“Then she is a Christian and Christians carried her away.” A moment of silence followed.
>“Listen, Chilo,” said Petronius. “My relative has predestined to thee a considerable sum of money for finding the girl, but a no less considerable number of rods if thou deceive him. In the first case thou wilt purchase not one, but three scribes; in the second, the philosophy of all the seven sages, with the addition of thy own, will not suffice to get thee ointment.”
>“The maiden is a Christian, lord,” cried the Greek.
>“Stop, Chilo. Thou art not a dull man. We know that Junia and Calvia Crispinilla accused Pomponia Græcina of confessing the Christian superstition; but we know too, that a domestic court acquitted her. Wouldst thou raise this again? Wouldst thou persuade us that Pomponia, and with her Lygia, could belong to the enemies of the human race, to the poisoners of wells and fountains, to the worshippers of an ass’s head, to people who murder infants and give themselves up to the foulest license? Think, Chilo, if that thesis which thou art announcing to us will not rebound as an antithesis on thy own back.”
>Chilo spread out his arms in sign that that was not his fault, and then said,—“Lord, utter in Greek the following sentence: Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.” [Iesous Christos, Theou Uios, Soter.]
>“Well, I have uttered it. What comes of that?”
>“Now take the first letters of each of those words and put them into one word.”
>“Fish!” said Petronius with astonishment. [Ichthus, the Greek word for “fish.”]
>“There, that is why fish has become the watchword of the Christians,” answered Chilo, proudly.
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