“ He acted rather as if he were converting Christianity into what he thought most likely to be accepted by his subjects as a catholic [universal] religion, than as if he had been converted to the teachings of Jesus the Nazarene, ” says the book The Non - Christian Cross. Since then, crosses of many forms and shapes have come into use.
يقول عنه كتاب الصليب غير المسيحي ‏ (‏ بالانكليزية )‏ :‏ « تصرف كمن يحوِّل المسيحية الى دين كاثوليكي [عالمي] اعتقد انه سيكون على الارجح مقبولا عند رعاياه ،‏ وليس كمهتدٍ الى تعاليم يسوع الناصري » .‏