A Scholarly Work

Signs and Mysteries; Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols by Mike Aquilina



I should have known that a book written by Mr. Aquilina would be scholarly and not light summer reading. Twenty-five Christian symbols are explained citing ancient sources and are accompanied by reproduced illustrations of the ancient originals. This book is best read a chapter at a time to digest the information instead of trying to read it in one sitting. I foresee coming back to this book in the future when my high school children are studying early Church history; it will be a great supplement to their text.

My one complaint about the book is the color of the typeset; I found it difficult to read brown type on cream pages. I think the intent was for it to look ‘old’ but for this middle-aged woman, it made reading difficult.

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