[The_Reader_David]

Equal in honor, and in faith, but not sharing the office, as indeed the case of another Isapostolos, St. Constantine the Emperor shows. He presided as parliamentarian at some session of the First Council of Niceae, but did not presume to speak on doctrinal matters. (Indeed to judge by his choice of chaplain at his baptism, he seem to have Arian sympathies, but subordinated these to the decision of the council.)

On comfort, though, if you want to cite our titling of Saints as Equal-to-the-Apostles, you can't be one of those protestants who want to claim Constantine hijacked the Church. :-)====

[Havoc]

you can't be one of those protestants who want to claim Constantine hijacked the Church. :-)====

Forgive the expression but I'd say it was more like two vampires feeding off each other. Constantine used the Church for everything he could get from it and otherwise couldn't seem to have cared less other than for the appearances. The Church in turn used Constantine for what they could get out of him and was happy to maintain appearances for him. Being Baptized doesn't mean your saved any more than wearing a Jesus T-shirt does. Both may be a witness to the Lord, but neither is a garauntee of anything. And Constantine practiced his Pagan rites the whole time he was manipulating and being manipulated. He was enterred under Pagan rites. One cannot serve Satan and Christ and pretend to be saved. Constantine was about as much a saint as a doorstop. The makings of the Catholic church wasn't much better.