Bacchus, with Head-Band covered with Crosses

Fig. 45: Bacchus, with Head-Band covered with Crosses

The above figure is the head of that which is given in Fig. 22, only magnified, that the crosses may be more distinctly visible. Let the reader turn back from this point, and read over again what is said about the worship at Rome on Good Friday of the "cross of fire," and the full significance of that worship will now appear.


The Two Babylons
Alexander Hislop

Chapter V
Section VI
The Sign of the Cross