Ancient Roman Christian Collectible-First Image of Christ - Certified Authentic

Description

Constantine the Great was the first Christian Emperor of Rome. It was Constantine who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire, elevating what had been a fringe religious sect into a position of prominence it would enjoy for 20 centuries and counting. Much has been written about Constantine's conversion before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, when a vision of the Chi Rho came to him in a dream. Less known is the fact that his conception of Jesus Christ was as a monotheistic incarnation of the Roman Sun God, called Sol Invictus. To Constantine, Jesus was Sol, and Sol was Jesus; the Sun was the Son. Early Church leaders like Origen, Tertullian, & Irenaeus could not agree on a day to celebrate the birth of the Son of God; on the contrary, they believed that celebrating such a birthday was borderline heresy. The observance of Christmas-or "Christ Mass"-on December 25 occurs because that day, the last day of the feast of the winter solstice, is when Romans honored the Sun God. Constantine moved the day of rest from the Sabbath (Saturday) to the day after-"Sun Day." He also formalized Easter as being the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox--a change from the previous system, which set the date as the 14th day of the Jewish month of Nisan. Today's Christians attend Church on Sunday and celebrate Easter on a Sunday because Constantine believed that Sol and Jesus were one and the same. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This box contains a genuine Roman bronze coin of Constantine the Great, featuring a reverse of Sol Invictus/Jesus--the first known numismatic representation of Jesus Christ.