>> “ All that verbeage to get to an erroneous conclusion when all we had to do was listen to God.” <<
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And therein lies the total story of the “catholic” church, form its founding in the 4th century, to the present. An edifice of deception.
Don’t confuse establishment with founding. There was a good reason for Constantine’s choosing to make Christianity the state religion: one is these reasons was its great numbers. Just look at the number of bishops at the first church council.