In order to increase the prestige of the apostate ecclesiastical system pagans were received into the churches apart from regeneration by faith, and were permitted largely to retain their pagan signs and symbols, ” including the cross.
فقد قال انه خلال احدى حملاته العسكرية سنة ٣١٢ ب‌م شاهد في رؤيا صليبا على قرص الشمس مع الشعار « بهذه العلامة تنتصر » (‏ باللاتينية ،‏ in hoc vince‏ )‏ .‏