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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7996629, member: 26302"]Sorry about the H Doug. It was vendor pics, you know I am horrible at them. I bought it based on the double cross reverse pic, and was ecstatic when I saw the obverse in hand. Anyone who is not well versed in the anonymous series probably is yawning now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure I am wrong about Constantine. I just thought it was well after Milvian bridge, and Sol Invictus is really a direct pagan equivalent to Christ, so thought it would be great to have an example to remind me how the conversion was not immediate. The fact Constantine converted on his deathbed is kind of a bogus argument, since at that time the only time all sins were wiped away was upon baptism. This was recognized as a major error, since all of the rich and powerful would then never convert until just before they died, so the church found a way to forgive sins after conversion to facilitate earlier conversions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7996629, member: 26302"]Sorry about the H Doug. It was vendor pics, you know I am horrible at them. I bought it based on the double cross reverse pic, and was ecstatic when I saw the obverse in hand. Anyone who is not well versed in the anonymous series probably is yawning now. I am sure I am wrong about Constantine. I just thought it was well after Milvian bridge, and Sol Invictus is really a direct pagan equivalent to Christ, so thought it would be great to have an example to remind me how the conversion was not immediate. The fact Constantine converted on his deathbed is kind of a bogus argument, since at that time the only time all sins were wiped away was upon baptism. This was recognized as a major error, since all of the rich and powerful would then never convert until just before they died, so the church found a way to forgive sins after conversion to facilitate earlier conversions.[/QUOTE]
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