The Tetragrammaton
(YHWH: The Divine Name)
The Eye of God
The Lord is My Light
The Seven-Branched Candlestick
Noah's Ark
The Tablets of the Law
The Sacrifice of the Old Covenant
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Christian Symbols
drawn by Rudolf Koch (1876-1934)
with the collaboration of Fritz Kredel (1900-1973)
From the book Christian Symbols (trans. Kevin Ahern; San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996).
According to the original wishes of the artist, with the permission of his estate, and due to the generosity of Andrew Hoyem (publisher of Arion Press),
all 158 images in the published collection may be used freely and without further permission.
The following images were compiled by Fr. Felix Just, S.J.
Most of the original German captions have been removed for easier use on this website.
You may freely use these digital images on your own webpages; but if you really like them or if you use many of them,
please also consider purchasing a copy of the complete book from Arion Press.
Categories:
Old Testament | New Testament | Monograms | Evangelists & Angels | Life of Jesus | Cross | Animal Symbols | Graphic Images
The Tetragrammaton (YHWH: The Divine Name) |
The Eye of God |
The Lord is My Light |
The Seven-Branched Candlestick |
Noah's Ark |
The Tablets of the Law |
The Sacrifice of the Old Covenant |
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit |
 The Church as a Temple |
 The Church as a Ship |
 The Divine Meal |
 The Word of God |
 Old and New Testaments |
 The Epistles of St. Paul |
 The Light Shines in Darkness |
 The Vine and the Branches |
 The Crown of Thorns |
 Two Columns from Milan |
 Alpha and Omega: The Gospel Book Enthroned |
 The Mercy Seat |
 The Holy Trinity |
 The Holy Trinity |
 The Holy Trinity |
 Chi Rho (Monogram of Christ) |
 Monogram from the Catacombs |
 Monogram of Christ with I-C (Jesus Savior) |
 Sun-Disk Monogram |
 Monogram of Jesus |
 Monogram of Jesus |
 Jesus Christ Conquers |
 The Four Evangelists |
 St. Matthew |
 St. Mark |
 St. Luke |
 St. John |
 An Angel |
 Archangel Michael |
 Archangel Gabriel |
 Archangel Raphael |
 The Nativity |
 The Baptism |
 The Temptation |
 The Wedding at Cana |
 Come Unto Me |
 Nine Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount |
 The Feeding of the 5000 |
 The Wise and Foolish Virgins |
 Jesus and the Seventy |
 The Last Supper |
 The Washing of the Feet |
 Jesus in Gethsemane |
 The Flagellation |
 The Crucifixion |
 The Empty Cross |
 The Deposition |
 Romanesque Consecration Cross |
 Carolingian Cross |
 Jesus Sends Forth the Twelve |
 Lord, Have Mercy |
 Jerusalem Cross |
 Cross from Quedlinburg |
 Cross from St. Ludger in Helmstedt |
 Rex-Lux-Dux-Pax (King-Light-Lord-Peace) |
 Tau Cross with Alpha and Omega |
 From a Romanesque Bell: Christ and the Four Evangelists |
 Coptic Cross |
 Cross with Crown, Key, Sword, Hammer |
Animal Symbols in the New Testament
 The Pelican, a symbol of Christ's sacrificial death |
 The Power of Darkness, Vanquished by Jesus Christ |
 The Lamb That Was Slain |
 The Lamb of the Passion |
 The Triumphant Lamb & Book with Seven Seals |
 Greek ΙΧΘΥΣ (fish) |
 The Fish (Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior) |
 The Heavenly Jerusalem |
 Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior |
 Amate! = Love! |
 The Triceps (Nordic symbol of divine power) |
 Endless Knot (German symbol of eternity) |
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Thanks also to Patrick Carroll, one of my student assistants at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, who helped create a previous version of this webpage in 2000.
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This page was last updated on April 2, 2016
