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<p>[QUOTE="IMP Shogun, post: 7884743, member: 114683"]Quite a nice selection particularly for it not being a focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside from issues of Antioch that appear to be credited to another prior to unification, there aren’t a lot of later representations of Sol in the East.</p><p><br /></p><p>This paper analyzes the transition from Sol to Christ as Constantine appears to do the same, at least outwardly.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216465364.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216465364.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216465364.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 3rd century fresco. One can see the transition between “paganism” into monotheism and ultimately from Sol to Christ. The child in me sees the beginnings of the Santa Claus deity:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.theoi.com/image/Z50.1AHelios.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IMP Shogun, post: 7884743, member: 114683"]Quite a nice selection particularly for it not being a focus. Aside from issues of Antioch that appear to be credited to another prior to unification, there aren’t a lot of later representations of Sol in the East. This paper analyzes the transition from Sol to Christ as Constantine appears to do the same, at least outwardly. [URL]https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216465364.pdf[/URL] Here is a 3rd century fresco. One can see the transition between “paganism” into monotheism and ultimately from Sol to Christ. The child in me sees the beginnings of the Santa Claus deity: [IMG]https://www.theoi.com/image/Z50.1AHelios.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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