This public link is valid for 7 days and shares a thread, including any personal information you added. This link or copies made by others cannot be deleted. If you share with third parties, their policies apply. Can’t copy the link right now. Try again later. The ROTAS Square: Just One More Virgilian Pun?
At the center of this cross sits the word ("Our Father," the opening words of the Lord's Prayer) written twice—once horizontally and once vertically. The remaining four letters consist of two A s and two O s. These represent Alpha and Omega , the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which the Book of Revelation uses to describe God ( "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last" ). A P A T E R A P A T E R N O S T E R O O S T E R O sator square
It was believed to cure rabies, fevers, and toothaches. Patients were sometimes instructed to eat bread with the square's letters inscribed on it. Protection: In This public link is valid for 7 days
Another version was found on a piece of pottery in Pompeii. The dating is crucial: the square predates any obvious Christian context by nearly a century. Can’t copy the link right now