The above engraving Of the lamb nailed to the cross represents the Christian symbol prior to 680 A. D., though this fact is not generally known At the Sixth Ecumenical Council held at Constantinople in that year, it was ordained that in place of the lamb, the figure of a man should be portrayed on the cross. This has been known and recognized since that time as the Christian symbol. After the decree of the council m 680 A. D., the representation and worship of the lamb on the cross was prohibited, and that of the man was substituted in its place. By these items of history, we learn how and at what period the story of the so-called crucifixion of Christ was formulated. (See communication of Constantinus Pogonatus, Page 160). The decree of the council prohibiting the representation and worship of the lamb as the Christian symbol, as translated from the Latin, is as follows:

"In certain representations of the images of the saints, a lamb is portrayed, etc. We, therefore accepting the old forms and shadows as signs of the truth and as traditional symbols of the church, prefer Grace and Truth, which we accept as the fulfillment of the law. So, that which is perfect, let us place in pictures, even before the eyes of all. We have decreed that that Lamb, which taketh away the sins of the world, Christ our God, ought to be portrayed henceforth in human form in place of the Lamb."—In the Roma Sotteranea of Antonio Bosio Dell, concerning the image of Christ under the figure of a lamb."

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Originally Posted by Jobar From the Jesus Never Existed website- Quote: At the close of the 8th century, Pope Hadrian I (772-795) confirmed the decrees of the 6th Synod of Constantinople held almost a century earlier and commanded that thereafter "the figure of a man should take the place of a lamb on the cross." It took Christianity eight centuries to develop the ubiquitous symbol of its suffering Savior. For 800 years, its Christ on the cross had been a lamb. But if a real flesh and blood Jesus had actually been crucified, why was his place on the cross so long usurped by a lamb? I don't want to start yet another thread on mythicism here. Instead, I want to find some specific images, which I recall seeing in this forum several years ago, and can't find now. I distinctly remember seeing pictures of 2 different crucifixes, both of which had a man's body with the head of a lamb as the crucified savior. There are several images I've found where a lamb is shown on the cross: These aren't what I'm looking for. The ones I recall were more like the animal-headed Egyptian representations of some of their gods, for instance Bast, or Anubis. Might anyone here know about these images?