Athanasian Creed (Harley) n. 153

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153. The ancients, when they depicted God in paintings, depicted Him as a Man, surrounded about the head with a radiant circle as if the rays of the sun were round about. Similarly, those of the present day depict the Lord. This is from the general idea which all have from heaven that the Divine is like the sun or that the sun encircles God.


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