Did Constantine Make the Bible?

[danbuter]

Short answer: no. But Matt briefly goes into everything that Constantine actually did do for early Christianity.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

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Short answer: no. But Matt briefly goes into everything that Constantine actually did do for early Christianity.

The long answer is absolutely no. Many things were corrupted by constantine when he joined power with others, and the effects are still evident all over the world today, a miracle that any of Yahweh's Ekklesia survived, just as it is a miracle that the Jewish Nation survived and is seen again.

 

[timothyu]

CEO worship is making a revival today also. Christianity of course would give a nod to Constantine and his mom, for he offered them a chance to become street legal. But it wasn't free. In return gentile Christianity sold it's soul back to the world of man for a chance at power and glory of it's own, accepting a chance to rule with kingdoms and over them, just as Jesus had once been offered but rejected. Was this a sell out of Jesus and His Kingdom? Yes, but necessary in order to have scripture forwarded to this day by those who ignored the Kingdom to build their own. God knew what He was doing when He chose the gentiles to forward His message (unknowingly for the most part).
They had chosen to return to the world of man so they then could not teach a Gospel which opposed that. They diverted attention away from the Kingdom and it's ethics to fit in with their new partner. But God knew the discerning would find truth in the scripture that they had no choice in keeping, yet kept from the public for centuries for that very reason.

 

[Der Alte]

Short answer: no. But Matt briefly goes into everything that Constantine actually did do for early Christianity.

I don't do videos. Good way to get a virus. One of the false claims against Constantine is that he forced the triadic formula in Matthew 28:19 in to the Bible.
Here is a list of the first 10 of 23 early church fathers who quoted Matt 28:19 with the triadic formula years before Constantine.

Ignatius – The Epistle to the Philadelphians [30-107 a.d.], [a disciple of John.] [218 + years before Nicaea]
Irenaeus – Against Heresies Book III [a.d. 120-202.], [a student of Polycarp, who was a disciple of John.] [123 + years before Nicaea]
Justin – 1st Apology Chapter LXI.-Christian Baptism. [110-165 a.d. ][ca. 175 years before Nicaea]
Tertullian – The Prescription Against Heretics.1 [a.d. 145-220] [105 + years before Nicaea]
The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus. – Part II. – Dogmatical and Historical. (c.170-c.236). [89 + years before Nicaea]
Cyprian – Treatise XII.1 – Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews. [c.200-258][67 + years before Nicaea]
Origen – de Principiis Book I [c.185-c.254] [71+ years before Nicaea]
The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations. –
Chapter VII. – Concerning Baptism. [120 AD][205 years before Nicaea]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles – Book II. Of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons. [Late 2d to early 3d century] [100 + years before Nicaea]​

 

[HeartenedHeart]

"Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας; 27 February c. 272 AD[1] – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I, was a Roman Emperor who ruled between 306 and 337 AD. ..." - Wikipedia

How could the Pagan Roman Emperor, Constantine, "make" the Bible, when it was already in existence, especially the OT texts, and so also the NT texts?

Did not Jesus specifically mention the "law of Moses", "the prophets" and "the psalms" in Luk. 24:44, and speak of "Abel" unto "Zacharias" in Luk. 11:51, which encompasses the whole of the OT texts?

Is there not a council in Acts 15, that cited the scriptures as authoritative (ie. Amos 9, in Acts 15:15-18), in conjunction with the events and witness of the Holy Ghost?

Did not Paul speak to Timothy about the "scriptures" that were given by "inspiration" of God, that Timothy was to read to bring him to a perfect relationship with God, in 2 Tim. 3:16-17?

Didn't Matthew, Mark, Luke, Paul, Peter, James, John, Jude and Jesus in Revelation, all cite from the OT texts, such as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, ... psalms ... Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, etc?

Wasn't Revelation written even before the Gospel of John and his epistles, circa A.D. 90, long before Constantine existed?

Did not Peter, circa A.D. 60-65, write about Paul's epistles (14 that we know of, if one includes Hebrews, not counting the other letters sent in advance of the ones we have), that they also too were counted as "scriptures", in 2 Pet. 3:16, well before the 4th Cent.?

What does the OP mean by "make the Bible"?

What evidence is there, historically, that Constantine was a Christian according to the standards laid down in the scriptures that existed before himself?

Did Constantine historically live the life required by Jesus, and so die in Him (historical documentation on any point would be required, at least by myself)?