Christian acclamation
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Sixth century CE
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Χριστὸϲ νικᾷ α ω

Translations

Christ is victorious. Alpha Omega.

Commentary

For an account of Christian νικᾷ acclamations, developing from pagan origins and expanding in close connection with the cult of the cross, see E. Peterson, ΕΙΣ ΘΕΟΣ (1926), 152 f.; Alan Cameron, Circus Factions (1972), 74-80.