:1] See Monumental Christianity, pp. 189, 191, 192, 238, and 296.

[501:2] See Bonwick's Egyptian Belief, p. 283.

[501:3] King's Gnostics, p. 68.

[501:4] Ibid. p. 137.

[501:5] See Chapter XX.

[501:6] Hist. of Our Lord in Art, vol. i. p. 31.

[502:1] Geikie: Life of Christ, vol. i. p. 151.

[502:2] Monumental Christianity, p. 231.

[502:3] King's Gnostics, p. 48.

[502:4] Ibid. p. 68.

[502:5] See Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. p. 13.

[503:1] Following are the words of the decree now in the Vatican
library: "In quibusdam sanctorum imaginum picturis agnus exprimitur, &c.
Nos igitur veteres figuras atque umbras, et veritatis notas, et signa
ecclesiae tradita, complectentes, gratiam, et veritatem anteponimus, quam
ut plenitudinem legis acceptimus. Itaque id quod perfectum est, in
picturis etiam omnium oculis subjiciamus, agnum illum qui mundi peccatum
tollit, Christum Deum nostrum, loco veteris Ayni, humana forma posthae
exprimendum decrevimus," &c.

[504:1] "The _solar horse_, with two serpents upon his head (the
Buddhist Aries) is Buddha's symbol, and Aries is the symbol of Christ."
(Arthur Lillie: Buddha and Early Buddhism, p. 110.)

[504:2] Quoted by Lillie: Buddha and Early Buddhism, p. 93.

[504:3] Quoted by King: The Gnostics &c., p. 138.

[505:1] Quoted by King: The Gnostics, &c., p. 49.

[505:2] Ibid. p. 45.

[505:3] _Indra_, the crucified Sun-god of the Hindoos, was represented
with golden locks. (Cox: Aryan Myths, vol. i. p. 341.)

_Mithras_, the Persian Saviour, was represented with long flowing locks.

_Izdubar_, the god and hero of the Chaldeans, was represented with long
flowing locks of hair (Smith: Chaldean Account of Genesis, p. 193), and
so was his counterpart, the Hebrew Samson.

"The Sakya-prince (Buddha) is described as an Aryan by Buddhistic
tradition; his face was reddish, his hair of light color and curly, his
general appearance of great beauty." (Bunsen: The Angel-Messiah, p. 15.)

"Serapis has, in some instances, long hair formally turned back, and
disposed in ringlets hanging down upon his breast and shoulders like
that of a woman. His whole person, too, is always enveloped in drapery
reaching to his feet." (Knight: Ancient Art and Mythology, p. 104.)

"As for _yellow hair_, there is no evidence that Greeks have ever
commonly possessed it; but no other color would do for a solar hero, and
it accordingly characterizes the entire company of them, wherever
found." (Fiske: M