[editor-surveyor]

>> “From a political perspective, Constantine’s Edict of Milan, issued in AD 313, constituted the formal beginning of a major paradigm shift that signaled the end of the ancient world and the beginning of the medieval period. That edict legitimated Christianity and impressed upon it the Empire’s stamp of approval.” <<

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Lots of oatmeal there, but essentially all that Conastantine did was use the power of government to outlaw Yeshua’s Way, and replace it with his own dismal Paganism.

Everything that Coinstantine’s church holds is completely contrary to the scriptures that Yeshua constantly quoted when he would say “It is written...”

And no “Church Father” survived into the second century. Paganism and Gnosticism blended together to the point that by the early 4th century there were no church leaders remaining that were sufficiently grounded in the scriptures to offer any resistance to Constantine’s pagans.

[imardmd1]

That edict legitimated Christianity and impressed upon it the Empire’s stamp of approval

Allen's use if the word "Christianity" is ill-fitted to that sentence. He should have used "Christendom instead.

And, regarding the continuance of The Faith, it is my contention that the Galatians took Paul's scolding very seriously, and never followed that line of hypocritical legalism again--that they became the proponents of the Gospel that never bowed/cowed to the so-called theologians of the "catholic" types, and held to the conduct of local autonomous immersionist assemblies governed by strong preaching, the Remembrance Supper, and unfeigned love of the brethren under persecution--the forerunners of thoday's Baptists.

[Uri’el-2012]

Lots of oatmeal there, but essentially all that Conastantine did was use the power of government to outlaw Yeshua’s Way, and replace it with his own dismal Paganism.

Everything that Coinstantine’s church holds is completely contrary to the scriptures that Yeshua constantly quoted when he would say “It is written...”

Amen !

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[Petrosius]

Lots of oatmeal there, but essentially all that Conastantine did was use the power of government to outlaw Yeshua’s Way, and replace it with his own dismal Paganism.

That's right, Constantine found a bunch of pagans, appointed them bishops and all the Christians, after suffering 300 years of persecution, just went along with it. No, the truth is that the bishops of the Church after the Edict of Milan were the same men who were bishops and lead the Church before. And while there were numerous debates about all types of theological issues there were none about the issues that Protestantism would raise 1200 years later. Additionally, writings of the Church Fathers before Constantine show that it was thoroughly Catholic. History just does not support the Protestant fantasy that the real church was somehow replaced by Constantine with a false one.