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To: editor-surveyor
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.

34 posted on 09/12/2013 11:33:21 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

>> “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.” <<

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No, Constantine slaughtered enough ‘christians’ to get compliance with the survivors. Fear conquers poorly educated and spiritually weak clergy every time.


46 posted on 09/12/2013 3:13:28 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Petrosius

That’s right. All those Christians who witnessed their friends and family die for the faith just gave up and became members of Constantine’s church.

Those who remained faithful went underground, into the catacombs to avoid persecution.

Oh wait/


145 posted on 09/16/2013 6:04:55 PM PDT by Jvette
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