“All early Christians were AMILLENIAL.”
They were, you say? I’m not going to go to the trouble to dig up the quotes, but all these early writers, Barnabus, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hypollutus, Victorinus, were PREMILLENNIAL. Papists have Augustine to thank for their Amillennialism, the aforementioned Christians - who were before Augustine - were not.
By the time of Augustine, his Amill contrivance was right in keeping with the general trend of the times of departing from what was taught before them. His Amillennialism helped pave the way for the bishops to join in with Constantine. No prolemo, after all, didn’t their Amillennialism say they were to be ruling the world before Christ returns, in the millennial?
Premillennialism, of course, teaches the opposite. Not until the second coming will Christ rule the world. Had the bishops been Premill they would never have joined in with Constantine.
Thinking they were supposed to be ruling the world in the millennial is the root cause for countless atrocities, burning at the stake, etc. in medieval times. We have the false doctrine of Amillennialism to thank for it. Which you seem to think is Apostolic. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Why is it that all of your polemics ignore the Christian East?
Luther, Calvin, etc. were amillenial.
INDEED.
All of the hype about Constantine is overblown.