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Old 02-27-2007, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Puritan Sailor View Post
I seem to remember some arguing that Constantine instituted the symbol, at least for his own imperial symbols. But if he were to steal a "Christian" symbol for political purposes, that seems to indicate the symbol was in use already in some way. I'm just looking for more details. I'll have to peruse the ECF and see what I find.
Good point brother, if Constantine wanted to take something for his own gain it WOULD have to have been used to a lesser or greater degree among believers prior to this.
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