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.
For almost a thousand years, the Western Church did not represent the Resurrection in the symbolism that has come to represent it since the middle ages. Early symbolsims used letters such as Chi Rho, the first two Greek letters of Christ, encircled by a wreath symbolizing the victory of resurrection over death.