And while he continued to ponder and reason on its meaning, night suddenly came on then in his sleep the Christ of God appeared to him with the same sign which he had seen in the heavens, and commanded him to make a likeness of that sign which he had seen in the heavens and to use it as a safeguard in all engagement with his enemies….the victorious emperor himself long afterwards declared (this) to this writer of history when he (Eusebius) was honored with his acquaintance and society, and (Constantine) confirmed his statement by an oath.” Eusebius, Life of Constantine 28.29Įusebius wrote his biography of Constantine in Greek. (Constantine) said, moreover, that he doubted within himself what the import of this apparition could be. “He said that about noon, when the day was already beginning to decline, he saw with his own eyes a trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription, ‘Conquer By This Sign.’ At this sight he himself was struck with amazement, as was his whole army also, which followed him on this expedition, and witnessed the miracle. Years after the battle, Constantine the Great related to Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, the miraculous event that happened to him shortly before that battle: The almost three hundred years of Imperial Persecution against Christians were over. Several months later, Constantine in the Edit of Milan declared Christianity legal in the Roman Empire. Emperor Constantine (reigned 306-337) and his troops saw a miraculous sign in the sky the day before the battle.Įmperor Constantine won the Battle of Milvian Bridge and believed he won because of the symbol of Christ, the Chi Rho, upon the shields of his men.
The first public use of the Chi Rho symbol was on the labarum, the shield of Constantine’s warriors in the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 213 AD. The Chi Rho is a Christian symbol for “Christ” written by superimposing the two Greek letters “Chi (X)” and “Rho (P)” which are the first two letters in Greek of the name of “CHRist.”
Share Monogram of Christ, Museo Pio Cristiano, Vatican Notice the Greek letters “Alpha” and “Omega” meaning “Christ is the Alpha and Omega” ( Rev1:8) included in this Chi-Rho symbol.
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