The are many good things about the internet but on the bad side are all the anti Christian videos claiming Rome created Christianity for one reason or another or that Jesus didn’t even exist and other nonsense.
But for folks who don’t know too much, it can sway them.
Knowing Roman history would help them see how nonsensical the claims are.
Of course Rome didn’t create Christianity .... however, it surely changed it.
Exhibit 1: Nicene Creed. When Christ cried out on the cross ‘My God, My God .... why hast thou forsaken me’ ....
Christ was not crying out to himself! The Nicene Creed has been placed higher than the Bible in determining ‘Heresy’.
A person’s beliefs can be in accordance with the Bible, yet he is still labelled a heretic if he does not subscribe to the Nicene Creed.
Truly the tail has been waging the dog within what is known as Orthodox Christian Christology.
The most interesting aspect is that Constantine unwittingly started the process that ended slavery in most of the world.