This document discusses religious symbols and their meanings. It begins by defining religion and religious symbols. It then explains different types of religious beliefs like monotheism and polytheism. The document outlines some of the most common religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. It provides examples of religious symbols used in each faith, such as the cross, fish, Star of David, crescent moon and star. The document also examines different types of crosses and their uses in various religions. Finally, it explores symbols of cults and organizations outside mainstream religions.

1. Religious Symbols
BY GABRIELA ROSALES & ALMA P.

2. Agenda
 Concepts: Religion & Religion Symbols
 Narratives
 Belief Types
 Most Common Religions
 Religious Symbols
 The sign of the cross in the different religions
 Non-Christian crosses
 Symbols of Cults and Organizations
 Conclusion

3.  RELIGION - the belief in and worship of
a superhuman controlling power,
especially a personal God or gods.
 RELIGION SYMBOL - is an iconic
representation intended to represent a
specific religion, or a specific concept
within a given religion.

4. Narratives
 A religion is an organized approach to
human spirituality which usually
encompasses a set of narratives,
symbols, beliefs and practices, often
with a supernatural or transcendent
quality, that give meaning to the
practitioner’s experiences of life
through reference to a higher power or
truth.

5. Belief Types
 Monotheism:
Monotheism is a religion that
acknowledges the existence of
only one god.
 Polytheism:
Polytheism is any religion that
honors more than one god, but
not in a dualistic relationship.
Most polytheistic religions
acknowledge dozens, hundreds,
thousands or even millions of
deities.

6. Most
Common
Religions

7. Religious Symbols

8. CATHOLICISM
Beliefs: Jesus & Only one
(monotheist)
The Fish - In the bible, Jesus
refers to the apostles as
'fishers of men'.
Cross - It represents the
suffering of Christ who
purged the sins of Mankind
with His own blood.
BUDDHISM
Beliefs: Polytheistic, Meditation is
the key.
According to Eastern philosophy
(China, Korea, Japan), yin and yang
is the concept of the duality of
everything existing in the universe.
They are apparently opposing and
complementary forces, which are all
around us.
JUDAISM
Beliefs: Monotheistic
The Star of David - It is an
emblem of the Israeli flag
and marks Jewish graves.
The interlocking of the lines
represents the joining of
David and Benjamin.

9. ORTHODOXY
Beliefs: Monotheistic
The Orthodox Cross - It is the
eight-armed cross, which is also
called the crucifix. In the
Orthodox tradition, the feet of
Christ are not pierced by a
nail, as in the Catholic, but with
two nails: one for each foot.
HINDUISM
Beliefs: Polytheistic
'Om' is a Hindu symbol that
stands for the entire Universe.
This symbol is actually a mantra
that is pronounced from the
core of your soul and represents
Lord Brahma, the creator of the
Universe.
ISLAM
Beliefs: Monotheistic
Star and Crescent
Symbol of a crescent moon with
a star on the concave side. The
two signs together are widely
used on the flags and badges of
Islamic countries and generally
represent Islam, but they are
traditional symbols of the
Turkish nation.

10. The sign of the cross
in different religions

11. THE LATIN CROSS
✝✞✟The most used of the crosses is the
Christian or Latin, it represents the
martyrdom of Jesus Christ and
therefore it is the symbol of the
Christian religion in general.
PAPAL CROSS
Also called the pontifical cross. It
has three crossbeams of different
length. It symbolizes the
authority of the Roman pontiff as
bishop of Rome, patriarch of the
West and successor of the
apostle St. Peter.
CROSS OF SAN PEDRO
It is an inverted Latin cross, based on the tradition
of the martyrdom of St. Peter the Apostle. At the
moment it is associated with anti-Christian groups
or related to the Satanism.

12. Non-
Christian
crosses

13. ☥
THE ANJ
It is an Egyptian hieroglyph that
means life, is also called the
cross cross (cross with the top in
the form of oval, loop, handle or
loop), crux ansata in Latin, the
key of life or the Egyptian cross
THE SWASTIKA
Is known as sauvástica. Nazism is
generally identified with it, but it
originally comes from Sanskrit, a
classical Indian language in which it
means blessed form.
卐
THE SATANIC CROSS.
Used by various satanic sects, it is
a variation of the chemical symbol
of Sulfide. It seems to be a
combination of the Lorraine cross
and the symbol of infinity.

14. Symbols of
Cults and
Organizations

15. THE MASONRY
The letter "G" represents the Great
Architect of the Universe, one of the
immovable principles of Freemasonry.
The all-seeing eye is an allegory of
hidden power attributed to Masonry,
alone or included in the truncated
pyramid, symbol of the now-
Illuminati.
☆
PENTAGRAM
It has been associated since
ancient times with mystery
and magic. It is the symbol
most recognized by the
followers of paganism, it has
been used a lot as a
protection talisman.
BLACK SUN
Symbol that was worshiped in a new racial
religion, created by the Nazis in Hitler's
Germany. It includes several elements
representative of its ideology, the sun, the
twelve rays, the swastika and twelve Sig or
Sigel runes.

16. INVERTED PENTACLE
The pentagram or inverted Pentacle is
one of the symbols of Satanism. It
indicates like an arrow down where
kingdom of "Satan" is.
SEAL OF LUCIFER /
BAPHOMET
Symbols used by believers of
traditional satanic sects.
Mainly promote xenophobia, as well as the
supremacy of the white race, homophobia,
anti-Semitism, racism and anti-communism.
These organizations have often resorted to
terrorism, violence and intimidation, such as
the burning of crosses, to oppress their
victims.
On separate operations in small isolated
units, are considered extreme hate groups
KU KLUX KLAN (KKK)

17. Conclusion