The Holy book of the Christians is the Bible and has 23,145 verses and 26 verses per chapter. The bible contains two section the old testament and the New Testament
1)The cross was a symbol of suffering and defeat but also of triumph and salvation. the cross is the universal Christian symbol, acknowledging by all denominations as the single visual identifier of their faith. 2) Another symbol is the fish. It was a fish symbol with Greek letters inside (ixthus). This represented the words " Jesus Christ is God's son , the savior"
Christians believe That God sent his son, Jesus Christ to the earth to save humanity from consequences of its sins. He was then crucified by Pontus Pilate the chief priest of the the Jews; that is where the symbol comes from.