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"it was a POLITICAL COUP. It was a political action. It was a political achievement."
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If that's true it had to be around the time of the Council of Nicene. Constantine convened the council in 325 AD, that's about 255 years after Peter was supposed to have been the Bishop of Rome. Now if the Roman church had the backing of Constantine I doubt anyone would argue with them. All they would have to do is see what happened to the Arians. It certainly is possible that along with burning all copies of Thalia (Arius' teachings) other documents were destroyed as well.

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Works for me.

Would entertain what other scholars had to say but that's roughtly what I had in mind.