Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . Fig. 2. is the Prophet Jonah, said Christ. In consequence, we con-stantly see his figure emerging from a sea-monster. But ^ St. Denys, CEuvres, traduites par IAbbe J. Deluc, pp. 306, 314.^ Lalita Vistara, p. 196. 8 BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM. sometimes the Jonah is only a child (Fig. 3). This, ofcourse, means that Jonah is the Child Christ. Fig. 4, also from the catacombs, is aninteresting one. Christsspecial symbol is Aries,which in India is a we see the horseemerging from the is si<Tnificative of thegreat distance that we


Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . Fig. 2. is the Prophet Jonah, said Christ. In consequence, we con-stantly see his figure emerging from a sea-monster. But ^ St. Denys, CEuvres, traduites par IAbbe J. Deluc, pp. 306, 314.^ Lalita Vistara, p. 196. 8 BUDDHISM IN CHRISTENDOM. sometimes the Jonah is only a child (Fig. 3). This, ofcourse, means that Jonah is the Child Christ. Fig. 4, also from the catacombs, is aninteresting one. Christsspecial symbol is Aries,which in India is a we see the horseemerging from the is si<Tnificative of thegreat distance that we havetravelled from the epochof Christ that modernthought pronounces all. Fig. 3- this barren and fanciful, and modern theology actually con-demns it. In point of fact, the Gnosticism that is taught inthe rude frescoes of Jonah in the catacombs is the sole ideain this world of appearances that is not barren. We have


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