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«
Hardly
,
»
Teabing
scoffed
.
«
He
was
a
lifelong
pagan
who
was
baptized
on
his
deathbed
,
too
weak
to
protest
.
In
Constantine
’
s
day
,
Rome
’
s
official
religion
was
sun
worship
–
the
cult
of
Sol
Invictus
,
or
the
Invincible
Sun
–
and
Constantine
was
its
head
priest
.
Unfortunately
for
him
,
a
growing
religious
turmoil
was
gripping
Rome
.
Three
centuries
after
the
crucifixion
of
Jesus
Christ
,
Christ
’
s
followers
had
multiplied
exponentially
.
Christians
and
pagans
began
warring
,
and
the
conflict
grew
to
such
proportions
that
it
threatened
to
rend
Rome
in
two
.
Constantine
decided
something
had
to
be
done
.
In
325
A
.
D
.
,
he
decided
to
unify
Rome
under
a
single
religion
.
Christianity
.
»
Sophie
was
surprised
.
«
Why
would
a
pagan
emperor
choose
Christianity
as
the
official
religion
?
»
Teabing
chuckled
.
«
Constantine
was
a
very
good
businessman
.
He
could
see
that
Christianity
was
on
the
rise
,
and
he
simply
backed
the
winning
horse
.
Historians
still
marvel
at
the
brilliance
with
which
Constantine
converted
the
sun
-
worshipping
pagans
to
Christianity
.
By
fusing
pagan
symbols
,
dates
,
and
rituals
into
the
growing
Christian
tradition
,
he
created
a
kind
of
hybrid
religion
that
was
acceptable
to
both
parties
.
»
«
Transmogrification
,
»
Langdon
said
.
«
The
vestiges
of
pagan
religion
in
Christian
symbology
are
undeniable
.
Egyptian
sun
disks
became
the
halos
of
Catholic
saints
.
Pictograms
of
Isis
nursing
her
miraculously
conceived
son
Horus
became
the
blueprint
for
our
modern
images
of
the
Virgin
Mary
nursing
Baby
Jesus
.
And
virtually
all
the
elements
of
the
Catholic
ritual
–
the
miter
,
the
altar
,
the
doxology
,
and
communion
,
the
act
of
»
God
-
eating
»
–
were
taken
directly
from
earlier
pagan
mystery
religions
.
»
Teabing
groaned
.
«
Don
’
t
get
a
symbologist
started
on
Christian
icons
.
Nothing
in
Christianity
is
original
.
The
pre
-
Christian
God
Mithras
–
called
the
Son
of
God
and
the
Light
of
the
World
–
was
born
on
December
25
,
died
,
was
buried
in
a
rock
tomb
,
and
then
resurrected
in
three
days
.
By
the
way
,
December
25
is
also
the
birthday
of
Osiris
,
Adonis
,
and
Dionysus
.
The
newborn
Krishna
was
presented
with
gold
,
frankincense
,
and
myrrh
.
Even
Christianity
’
s
weekly
holy
day
was
stolen
from
the
pagans
.
»
«
What
do
you
mean
?
»
«
Originally
,
»
Langdon
said
,
»
Christianity
honored
the
Jewish
Sabbath
of
Saturday
,
but
Constantine
shifted
it
to
coincide
with
the
pagan
’
s
veneration
day
of
the
sun
.
»
He
paused
,
grinning
.
«
To
this
day
,
most
churchgoers
attend
services
on
Sunday
morning
with
no
idea
that
they
are
there
on
account
of
the
pagan
sun
god
’
s
weekly
tribute
–
Sunday
.
»
Sophie
’
s
head
was
spinning
.
«
And
all
of
this
relates
to
the
Grail
?
»
«
Indeed
,
»
Teabing
said
.
«
Stay
with
me
.
During
this
fusion
of
religions
,
Constantine
needed
to
strengthen
the
new
Christian
tradition
,
and
held
a
famous
ecumenical
gathering
known
as
the
Council
of
Nicaea
.
»
Sophie
had
heard
of
it
only
insofar
as
its
being
the
birthplace
of
the
Nicene
Creed
.
