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MAUSOLEUM OF THE JULII (CHRIST-HELIOS)

Under Saint Peters Basilica in theVatican

250-275 AD

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http://www.iahushua.com/ST-RP/sunday.htm, Sunday:Indeed, this god was the titulary divinity of Constantine's family, and from the fourth

century there is an increasing assimilation of Christ to the Sun-god (as Sun of

Righteousness), theChristos Helios(cf. EusebiusLife of Constantine1.4.18; and the

notable mosaic ofChristos Helios recently uncovered in the tomb of the Julii under

the Vatican)." But this theme of "Christ-the-True- Sun" had already been diffuselyproclaimed by Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150-215) in many of his writings.

http://mystic.nazirene.org/SonOfGod.htm, How Did Jesus Becom e The Son of God?:In many instances, conversion was the result of Jesus being installed as the

replacement for the former Pagan gods. In his book, Jesus, The Evidence, Ian Wilson

writes: " A thi rd-centur y mosaicfrom the Mausoleum of the Jul ii underneath

present-day St. Peters inRome actuall y portrays Jesus as Sol I nvictus, driving the

horses of the suns chariot. That Constantine himself mixed Christianity and the

Sol I nvictus cult is clear fr om a second commemorative medall ion issued by him

with in two years of the fi rst, on which he represented himself with a Chi -Rhomonogram on h is helmet, and with a leaping Los chari ot below".

http://www.fenskeart.com/JW/timeline.htm (Fenske Art), Synergy:In reference to Art in Christianity: "Thus the cross...was at first avoided not only for

its direct association with Christs but for its shaveful association with the execution of

a common criminal also...Even the solar pantheism introduced by Aurelian (270-75)

was turned to account by Christian artists, for a striking mosaic in the Tomb of the

Julii in the Vatican depicts Christ in the guise of Helios driving the sun chariot across

the sky....

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/AH/courses/AH208/2lateantique.htm, Format ion of Late Ant iqueStyle, Christian Art in Rome:Tomb of the Julii beneath St. Peter's late 3rd, early 4th century

http://forums.lycaeum.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000241, How the ChurchAssum ed, Establ ished and Impos ed Its Auth or i ty:Although in the East there lingered an abhorrence, inspired by the Jews, forrepresentational images, in the West Christians had begun representing Jesus in the guiseof the sun god Apollo or Orpheus, the priest of the sun. A third-century mosaic from the


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Mausoleum of the Julii underneath present-day St Peters inRome actually portrays Jesus as

Sol Invictus, driving the horses of the suns chariot.

http://classics.furman.edu/~rprior/imgs/RCU4/4-137.jpg (viahttp://classics.furman.edu/~rprior/courses/RA/RAU4.html) (Furman University), Roman Archaeology:Roman Art, Mosaic:

Jesus with the attributes of Apollo and Dionysus: mosaic from the Tomb of the Julii inthe cemetery under St. Peter's:

http://classics.furman.edu/~rprior/imgs/RCU4/4-137.htm (viahttp://classics.furman.edu/~rprior/courses/RC/RCunit2.html) (Coconino Communi ty Col lege), RomanCivi l ization: Roman Life, Personal Religion:Jesus with attributes of Apollo and Dionysus:


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http://www.catacombsociety.org/vom/135.html, Vaults of Memory:

Mosaic of Christ as Helios

135. In a chariot drawn by four rearing white steeds, Jesus ascends to a celestial vine arbor. This mosaic decorates the vault of the

pagan-Christian mausoleum M in the mixed burial grounds of the Vatican necropolis.

Early Christ ian Painting, Pierre du Bourguet, 1965, figure 130:


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List of Plates | Pre-Constantinian necropolis under the Basilica of St Peter:

Early Christ ian Art: AD 200-395: From the Rise of Christ iani ty to the Death of Theodos ius, AndrGrabar, 1968, p. 80, 2. Christian Painting and Sculpture before the Peace of the Church (before AD313)| 74. Rome, Cemetery under St Peters. vine-Shoots and Christ as the Sun God:


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http://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/earlychristian/L21-09b.htm (viahttp://vandyck.anu.edu.au/introduction/earlychristian/earlychristian.html), Early Christ ian Art:

Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome, late 3rd cen. CE,Mosaic: Christ as Sol Invictus(datial of a vault):


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http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/wheel.htm At right is a similar mosaic found in the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica, on

the vaulted ceiling of the tomb of the Julii. It depicts Christ as the sun-god Helios / Sol

riding in his chariot, and is dated to the 3rd century A.D.:

Mosaics of the Greek and Roman Wo rld, Dunbabin, 1999, p. 250, figure 265:


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http://www.unf.edu/classes/byzantium/ (University of North Florida), Byzant ium, Rome:Ceiling Mosaic From the tomb of the Julii in the necropolis under St. Peter's Mid-3rd century, Grotte

Vaticane, Rome [Christ as the Sun God]:http://www.unf.edu/classes/byzantium/image/christassungod-tomboftheJulii-necropolisunderstpeters-mid3rdcentury-rome.jpg

Art of th e Christ ian World: A .D. 200-1500: A Handb ook o f Styles and Forms, Christe / Velmans /Losowska / Recht, 1982, p. 40:


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http://academic.udayton.edu/BrianMcconne...nt%20Peter/Vatican%20Christ%20Helios.jpg (8-5-02):


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http://www.fpa.ysu.edu/~slsmith/ecbyzwebpage/sol_invictus_room.jpg (viahttp://www.fpa.ysu.edu/~slsmith/ecbyzwebpage/Christian%20Art%20Before%20the%20Peace.html), Christian Art B efore the Peace of the Church:Christ as Sol Invictus, detail of a vault mosaic in the Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome,

Italy, mid-late third century

The lower vault walls included mosaics of Jonah, fisherman, and Good

Shepherd confirming the Christian nature of the mausoleum and the syncretic nature

of the Sol Invictus image.


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