Posted by used2b on April 9, 2005, at 12:22:46
In reply to interesting synchronicity of St. Nick and Pope, posted by Jai Narayan on April 9, 2005, at 8:35:41
> I never thought about this but it's an interesting connection.
> it brings religion back into the Santa icon.
> very interesting.
> Ja*Bishop Nicholas is credited with establishing at the Nicean council the divinical atributes now associated with the first-century Hebrew monarch throughout much of Christendom. One account says he punched out the Arian bishop, who shared a widely recognized belief that the monarch was a mere mortal.
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