and to the most holy religion which teaches us to subdue ourselves, not our enemies.”—Mosheim’s Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity, Murdock’s trans., 1853, vol. 2, p. 478.

Had God shown Constantine a sign in the heavens to represent the instrument upon which His beloved Son had been put to death, he would have shown him a simple torture stake and not a phallic cross used by the sex-worshiping heathen. In our issue of The Watchtower, November 1, 1950, much proof was given to show that Christ was hung on an upright stake without any crossbars, whereas the cross in its various forms was shown to be the emblem worshiped by all the ancient pagans as a filthy symbol of life.

The historian Edward Gibbon, in questioning the authenticity of the story in his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter 20, says: “If the eyes of the spectators have sometimes been deceived by fraud, the understanding of the readers has much more frequently been insulted by fiction. Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature, has been rashly ascribed to the immediate action of the Deity; and the astonished fancy of the multitude has sometimes given shape and color, language and motion, to the fleeting but uncommon meteors of the air.”

Taking advantage of this superstitious trait of ignorant men, the Devil causes those who worship him to communicate with the unseen demon forces. In ancient times the pagans always consulted their demon gods before every major undertaking. It was a common thing for them to see visions and have dreams like those of Constantine. A modern case in illustration is that of demonized Hitler, who also saw in his mad dreams a vision of a cross, the swastika, which he interpreted to be the sign by which he should conquer the world.

But to say that such visions originate from the Lord God Almighty is wicked blasphemy of his great and holy name. This claim Constantine made, not at the time, but many years later, when he got around to uniting the degenerate Christianity of his day with all the pagan customs, beliefs and superstitions, to form what has since been known as the Roman Catholic church. It was then that he intimated to Eusebius, a bishop in his church-state setup, that this apparition he had seen many years prior could just as well be labeled “Christian” as pagan, and so it was. Hence, only the tag on this tale resembles Christianity.

Experience from Quebec City

During his sickness, Brother Bilodeau was visited almost like the faithful Job. His brothers, sisters, priests, Franciscan Fathers, Jesuits, nuns and one of his sons were afraid for him. All of them in general tried to bring him back into the Devil’s organization. Regularly we visited him and very often he said: “Something makes me tired.” He was too weak to say more. Under the bed we found a large idol tied there. We showed it to him and destroyed it, after which he said, “I am happy.” Many times we had to do that after finding idols under his bed. Brother Bilodeau kept integrity till death.

His relatives said that the funeral was good, much better than any other religion, and that they were surprised to hear what the Bible said concerning the dead. One of them, his son from Lauzon, said that our sincerity and devotion for his father opened his eyes and that, “I will be very glad to continue to open my eyes by studying the Holy Bible with the great help of Jehovah’s witnesses who will visit us in my house.”