Just as the meaning of a symbol orginates in a particular society, it can also lose meaning in a particular society.
He argued that you cannot destroy a symbol like dictators think.
Tilich noted that symbols do lose their meaning and can be misinterpreted.
Tillich suggested that symbols, unlike signs, particapate in the thing which they point to. The Cross is a symbolic of Jesus' death but it also partcipates in that event.
Tilich meant that the symbol somehow represents the event and gives it access to a deeper level of understanding.
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