Monogram

It should be noted that the question here arises as to how far it is fair of us to claim this cross and so-called Monogram of Christ as

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

From the evidence at our disposal it would appear that Decius was the first Roman ruler to make use of this form of the so-called Monogram of

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

In any case, whether the so-called Monogram of Christ was more or less forced upon Christianity when Constantine made our faith the State

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

Testament states that Jesus was executed upon a cross-shaped instrument, and the _first_ crosses Christians used as signs or symbols bore every form but that which a cross-shaped instrument of execution would have borne, the Christians of the fourth century, as we have seen, went out of their way to claim even the so-called Monogram of

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

This being so, how can we honestly claim that the so-called Monogram of

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

Baronius, the {image "monogram3. gif"} form of the so-called Monogram of

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

But did the so-called Monogram of Christ first come into being as a combination of two letters; Greek, Roman, or otherwise?

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

Before going into such matters as these, however, it is important that we should fully realise how certain it is that the so-called Monogram of Christ was originally a _Pagan_ symbol.

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

Eusebius as a "cross" because it was shaped like or in some way connected with some form or other of the so-called Monogram of Christ.

The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons

So the smaller ones, we haven't historically nor will we break out the impact of those, but the Monogram was the big one.

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