Why did the old Christian cross have Sun in background? Were the earlier Christian practitioners worshipping Jesus as Sun god?
>>17276427It meansjust the crown in form of cross, nothing else. The quintessential Mediterranean solar symbol was inherently the sun-shaped crown carried by Mithra, Helios and Sol Invictus.Christ - Crown with cross shapeMithra/Sol Invictus - Crown with Sun shapeIt is not that hard, but even a confused retard from a protestant ambit like you can learn basic Christian iconography.
>>17276427Yes, the original Christians understood the story that would become the New Testament is an astrological parable.
>>17276427I believe The Roman Church was (maybe still)Rome has much occul & pagan practices interwoven in it's practise.
>>17276429Constantine was a Sun worshipper, and very likely died as one.The Christians who came to politically dominate Roman retroactively made him a Christian, which he probably wasn't.
>>17276427You mean the fucking Halo which existed since ancient Mesopotamia?
>>17276577Constantine was a Christian and he openly favoured Christians.Actually, he ended up favouring Arians (the predecesors of Protestants) at the expense of Catholics, the persecution against Catholics did not ended with him but did continue under the reign of his son and reached its peak with Julian the Apostate (the emperor of Arians, barbaroids, Jews and Gnostics) and during the century a lot of as Saint Athanasius ended up in the exile. It was not until Theodosius the Great stopped the persecution, made Catholicism official religion, banned Arianism and the problem got solved until Protestants did arise among barbaroids in XVI century against Imperial authorities.
>>17276427Any showing of light rays or golden circles on Jesus represent God's divine light; the "true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" (John 1:9).