All Seeing Eye

Question: 

I am curious as to the Origin on the 'All Seeing Eye'. I have seen this symbol in many Orthodox Churches as well as in Catholic Churches, Certain Websites Claim the All Seeing Eye is Judo/Christian in Origin other say it's pagan and has links to freemasonry...I would like to get your opinion on what it is and if it is ok to have one displayed in a church or used for private prayer.

Dr. Alexander Roman alex@unicorne.org

As we know, the fish represented the first letters of the phrase: "Jesus Christ Saviour, Son of God" in Greek. The "X" is the first letter of "Christ" in Greek.

The All-Seeing Eye, used in pagan religions and also in modern free-masonry, represents the Holy Trinity (the triangle) in One God, represented by the Divine Eye of the All-Seeing and All-Knowing God.

One can see this symbol used in iconography and one should not hesitate to use it for personal devotion. The fact is that there are many symbols that other religious philosophies have in common with Christianity, but with different meanings attached to them.

If Christians were to get rid of any of their cherished symbols only because other non-Christian paths used them, we would soon have NO symbols to speak of!

Ukrainian Orthodoxy