if one is going to opine about “romanism”, maybe it would be a good idea to get your “facts” straight.
“You will note, though, that the first statist Roman religion came into being under Constantine as one method of unifying his empirate, and it was of the one ruled by the Bishop of Rome.”
well, i guess you understand history as well as you do the greek language. the first statist roman religion DID NOT come into being under Constantine. ( maybe getting your history from dan brown is not a good idea ) Christianity did not become the state religion of Rome until 381ad and it wasn’t “one ruled” by the Bishop of Rome.
still researching my question on who has the authority ( if anyone does ) to declare the correct canon of Scripture??
“You will note, though, that the first statist Roman religion came into being under Constantine as one method of unifying his empirate, and it was of the one ruled by the Bishop of Rome.”
well, i guess you understand history as well as you do the greek language. the first statist roman religion DID NOT come into being under Constantine. ( maybe getting your history from dan brown is not a good idea ) Christianity did not become the state religion of Rome until 381ad and it wasn’t “one ruled” by the Bishop of Rome.
still researching my question on WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY ( if anyone does ) to declare the correct canon of Scripture??”
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Dear friend, look at your forum name, think about it.
I can answer your last question, the Church that gave you
your Bible was given the authority by God to decide the
Canon. The pillar and ground of Truth is the Church not
the Bible. Protestants broke away from the RCC, taking the Bible, a Catholic book and calling it their one and only authority.
And the one man, the one and only one Protestants use to speak of in referring to Christian history before 1517 is Constantine. It usually amounts to one or two paragraphs to cover 33 A.D. until 1517. Why would Protestants think
no one notices? They can’t refer to saints of this very long time period, centuries, because they’re Catholic.
First....
The Apostles including Paul, the Apostolic Fathers believed
in the Eucharist. You can too.
Peter speaks of the Church being in Rome, long before Constantine. Peter as leader of Christ’s Church, he was persecuted (like the faithful in our time will be persecuted again in the Great Tribulation). The first Christians had to come up with a code name for Rome, Babylon.
1 Peter 5:13-14
[13] The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you: and so doth my son Mark. [Latin] [14] Salute one another with a holy kiss. Grace be to all you, who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Roman Catholicism is the faith, everybody else has broken
away. Our Lord, Our Shepherd is going after the lost sheep, the Orthodox and Protestants and the non-Christians...to bring them home “soon” before the
appearance of the anti-Christ.
“still researching my question on who has the authority ( if anyone does ) to declare the correct canon of Scripture??”
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I apologize, you weren’t being serious. I’ll leave the
thread.