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To: Diego1618
Oh, Cheez Whiz. Constantine wasn't even a Catholic, let alone the "founder" of Catholicism. He was for most of his career a pagan, but he is appreciated because aided the Church in a manner somewhat analogous to the way the pagan kings Cyrus and Darius aided the Jewish people. (And no, Cyrus was not the founder of Judaism.)

Constantine became a catechumen when he realized he was dying, and he chose the Arian bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia as his baptizer. You realize that the Arians were the major opponents of the Catholics, right? Well, then.

If you'd like to corkscrew this around for your own purposes, go ahead, have a bash at it. There's a real market for ecclesiastical fiction. The Da Vinci Code was quite a money-maker, I hear.

38 posted on 02/07/2008 5:11:17 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("We look for things. Things that make us go." Grebnedlog)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Oh, Cheez Whiz. Constantine wasn't even a Catholic, let alone the "founder" of Catholicism. He was for most of his career a pagan.

This would be nominal for a founding father of your organization.

If you'd like to corkscrew this around for your own purposes, go ahead, have a bash at it.

You folks always get upset when someone calls your outfit for what it is....and always has been. Defend it with scripture and we'll see what we'll see!

44 posted on 02/07/2008 5:38:35 PM PST by Diego1618
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