Why is Jesus depicted?
as the Sun-God “Helios” in this mosaic, which is the ceiling of the mausoleum belonging to Pope Julius I under St Peter’s basilica?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ChristAsSol.jpg
“Early Christian and pagan beliefs are combined in this third century mosaic of Christ as a sun-god. The triumphant Christ/god, with rays shooting from his head, is pulled [...]