For almost a thousand years, the Western Church did not represent the Resurrection directly, using symbolic depictionsd such as the Chi Rho, the first two Greek letters of Christ, encircled by a wreath symbolizing the victory of resurrection over death.
The Western Church did not represent the Resurrection directly. This was for almost a thousand years. The Western Church was using symbolic depictionsd such as the Chi Rho. This was for almost a thousand years. This Chi Rho was encircled by a wreath. This wreath was symbolizing the victory of resurrection over death. The Chi Rho was the first two Greek letters of Christ.