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Thank you for a great historical post. Many non-Catholics malign Constantine and try to promulgate the theory that the early Christian Church went "corrupt" around 320ish because of him (and the "real" Christian Church went underground from then until the Reformation), but I've never seen anyone address how the "corrupt" Catholic Church of 367AD was able to determine which books of the hundreds of forgeries floating around were Inspired and belonged in the Bible that they (non-Catholics) accept as God's Word.

The first list of the books that should belong to the Bible was put together in the 39th Pastoral Letter of Saint Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, in 367AD. The said list was then confirmed by the Council of Hippo in 393AD, Council of Carthage in the year 397, Pope Innocent I in 405AD, and finally, by the Council of Trent in 1546.

God works in mysterious ways. Look how he used Constantine.

. Many non-Catholics malign Constantine and try to promulgate the theory that the early Christian Church went "corrupt" around 320ish because of him (and the "real" Christian Church went underground from then until the Reformation)

Oh, so that's it. Maybe they can get Michael Rivero to link up "what really happened" on his website.

I should be used to the attacks by now, but sometimes I just fly off! He came on the thread and basically accused us of being mass murderers and then says I'm over sensitive when I flame him for his dumb post. And of course, I was supposed to look at his profile first--out of sheer curiousity of him I suppose.