To: MarkBsnr
The formula may have been settled on in the Nicene Councils, but it was kinda sorta understood going all the way back to the Apostles. The first real leader of the Catholic Church was Jesus, not Constantine. He was not a leader - he merely relaxed the persecutions of Christians and tried to keep order in his Empire.
Correction: Jesus was/is the leader of the Universal Church. Constantine was the leader of the Catholic Church.
8,511 posted on
10/04/2010 11:27:21 AM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: OLD REGGIE
Constantine was the leader of the Catholic Church. Big talk, now prove it.
Hint: what religious symbols and gods covered the Arch of Constantine? Were there any Christian symbols?
Why did the coinage of his empire carry pagan gods on for many years during his rule and he never coined a Christian coin.
Why did Constantine dedicate the new city of Constantinople wearing the robes of Apollo?
Good luck.
8,518 posted on
10/04/2010 11:57:25 AM PDT by
MarkBsnr
( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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