![]() Subsequent imperial sponsorship brought the religion popularity, riches, and many converts from all classes of society. The Passion, particularly the Crucifixion itself, was generally avoided until the religion was well established.The beginnings of Early Christian art date to the period when the religion was yet a modest and sometimes persecuted sect, and its flowering was possible only after 313, when the Christian emperor decreed official toleration of Christianity. The earliest scenes from the life of Christ to be depicted were the miracles. Narratives tended at first to be typological, often suggesting parallels between the Old and New Testaments. Only later, when the religion itself had achieved some measure of earthly power, did he take on more exalted attributes. He was also sometimes depicted in the guise of familiar gods or heroes, such as Apollo.
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