Another monogram for our Lord's title, Christ, is composed of the first two and the last capital {73} letters of the Greek word _CHRISTOS_. The horizontal mark over the top is the sign that some letters have been omitted. [Illustration: Lord's title monogram] The more familiar monogram IHS (_IHS_) is the abbreviated form of the Greek word for our Saviour's human name, Jesus, _IESOUS_. The first two and the last letters are those used. Sometimes this is written "IHC." The two forms are synonymous, the C being simply another form of the Greek S. Sometimes the letters are intertwined, the I being lengthened and formed into a cross by a bar at the top. [Illustration: IHS monogram] These three letters are often read as signifying the Latin words, _Jesus hominum Salvator_, that is, "Jesus the Saviour of men"; but appropriate and beautiful as this reading is, it is not the original meaning, but an afterthought, and is said to have been first suggested about the year 1380. Another monogram contains the initial letters, IX, of our Lord's full name, Jesus Christ, in Greek. The X (Chi) is combined with the I (Iota). Sometimes a horizontal bar is placed through the middle {74} of the figure, thus giving the initials of our Lord's full name, united with the cross. [Illustration: Full name monograms] Another form of monogram for our Lord's full name, Jesus Christ, is made by taking the first and the last letters of each of the Greek words. The lines above are the signs of contraction. [Illustration: Contracted monogram] _I. N. R. I._ These letters stand for the Latin form of the title placed on our Saviour's cross, _Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum_, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. _Symbols of the Holy Ghost._--The seven-branched _Candlestick_ of the tabernacle, and the _Seven Burning Lamps_ which St. John saw before {75} the throne of God, and which he declares to be the seven Spirits of God, that is, the Holy Spirit in His sevenfold manifestations of grace, are often used as symbols of the Holy Spirit, the source of all true illumination for men. [Illustration: Seven-branched candlestick] The most familiar emblem, however, is the _Dove_, which from the early centuries to the present day has constantly symbolized the third Person of the Holy Trinity. Its warrant and justification are based on the account in the Gospel of our Lord's baptism and the descent upon Him of the Spirit "in bodily shape like a dove." [Illustration: Dove]