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It is fairly common knowledge that Jesus Christ was from the Middle East and so would have looked more like the picture on the right than the more familiar depiction on the left.
But what many people do not know is that the images we tend to think of when we think of Jesus, such as these…
….are actually pictures of Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, and brother of Lucrezia Borgia. Machiavelli wrote The Prince about Cesare Borgia. Pope Alexander VI had all previous depictions of Jesus destroyed in about 1492, and replaced with images of his son. Henceforth, these have been the images used to depict Christ.
I was never sure why Pope Alexander VI did it, but always assumed it was to place his stamp on everything he could. He, after all invaded many of Italy’s city states, married his children to Spain, Naples and France in order to extend his power, bought the Papacy by means of bribery and corruption, legitimised his children, had multiple mistresses, committed murder. Rumours of orgies and incest also abound.
Having done a search though, I found this, which I think is probably the most likely reason
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