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To: Rocketman

"St. Basil the Great regarding the fall of the Church of Rome. The majority of so called beleivers don't study their own church history and instead go by the revisionism that is currently taught."

So you must have heard about something called Arianism, right? That St. Basil uses hyperbole to describe that many Catholics in the East (it was not a major problem in the West) were being won over by Arius is no surprise. However, if you read some more, you will find that both Basil and Athanasius found allies in Pope Sylvester and the enemy at Constantinople and in the East. If you will recall, the Council of Nicea declared Arius a heretic, and the rot that St. Basil spoke of came to an end. Your conclusion does not follow. And all of your quotes taken out of context merely say that the Church was in trouble due to Arianism. It did not fall, as we see it remaining still today.

Regards


39 posted on 03/07/2005 11:31:28 AM PST by jo kus
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To: jo kus
That's the talk of 1600 years of revisionists that have a church property to protect.

Now I know that you read what you wrote in a commentary or something similar -- Saint Basil has over 250 letters and it took me over 8 hours to read them and get a lot of those quotes

In the early letter he is fighting against Arianism which was huring specifically the eastern churches and he says so but look up and re-read the quotes particularly to the bishop of Antioch to save the church and the one about the anti-christ

The commentaries writer say Basil uses uses hyperbole -- he exagerates -- that is to say he lies -- that is to say he words don't mean crap -- that is to say we will tell you what he he means ignore his words.

Use the same standards as those on FR don't read synoptic source documents about other documents I have given you many of the letter numbers -- to me about the anti-christ one other any of the later ones after the arian problem was solved in his letters and them tell me what he is talking about.

46 posted on 03/07/2005 11:51:41 AM PST by Rocketman
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