upon the coins of Eudoxia, Theodosius II., Leo I., and others.
The evidence of the coins of the Roman Empire given in this and the two preceding chapters, coupled with the too-often forgotten fact that the only form of cross which could possibly be a representation of the instrument of execution to which Jesus was affixed was the very last form of cross to be adopted as a Christian symbol, cannot, it will be seen, lead the unprejudiced enquirer to any other conclusion than that the cross became the symbol of Christendom because the advent of Constantine and his Gauls made it a prominent symbol of the Roman Empire. And that the symbol in question was not altogether unconnected with Sun-God worship, should be equally clear to the reader.
[CHAPTER XIII.]
THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST.
The so-called "Monogram of Christ "—a term which has at one time or another been applied to each of the symbols
or
,