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I guess I could form a personal opinionbut I find many resources that imply his actual faith conversion (my words for it) was prior to that time... as I noted, many works follow the church's idea that until he was baptized (on his death bed) he was not a convert.
He surely was conflicted though
Constantine's legacy is somewhat bitter-sweet. On the one hand, he ended official persecution of Christianity in the Roman empire, on the other hand Christianity slowly became more intertwined with Roman politics.
It's important that we always remember the difference between kingdom and empire. The City of God and the City of Man.
-CryptoLutheran
Um yes he did, he instructed Christians and non Christians practice sun worship. He made statements that he was reformed due to angel sighted. He professed that the Christian god was the only god then built the arch of Constantine to honor Apollo Diana and Hercules . He did legalize Christian worship as well pagan, in that was far better than the tormentors from the latter emperor. Can you give me bible reference as to 300 years prior to Constantine starting Catholicism Peters roll as Pope or any mentioned Catholicism.
Some 35 years ago in high school world history and a encyclopedia , would be my proof. The vision was the sun behind a cross. I am not trying to bash others religion but I realized the importance of not rewriting history for religions sake. Where do you think we found the name Sunday for the first day. Why would Christ found a church steeped in pagan idols 300 years after the cross. It is simply a claim of origin as with other denomations that has no proof or solid basis just posturing.
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Some 35 years ago in high school world history and a encyclopedia , would be my proof.
The vision was the sun behind a cross. I am not trying to bash others religion but I realized the importance of not rewriting history for religions sake. Where do you think we found the name Sunday for the first day.
Why would Christ found a church steeped in pagan idols 300 years after the cross. It is simply a claim of origin as with other denomations that has no proof or solid basis just posturing.
He is a saint in the Orthodox Church! I was chrismated with his name!
The reason why Protestants don't show any love for him or anything that he did is because, according to them, he replaced "true Christianity" with Roman Catholicism and brutally oppressed any and all non conforming Christians as well as founding today's Roman Catholic Church which does nothing but oppress the masses and bows down to their pope (yes, those are the almost exact words of several Baptists and Pentecostals I have met).
That "reasoning" originated in the 19th century by a man who did not read his history.
May 21 Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler and \ Helen, Mother of Constantine
He is a saint in the Orthodox Church! I was chrismated with his name!
The reason why Protestants don't show any love for him or anything that he did is because, according to them, he replaced "true Christianity" with Roman Catholicism and brutally oppressed any and all non conforming Christians as well as founding today's Roman Catholic Church which does nothing but oppress the masses and bows down to their pope (yes, those are the almost exact words of several Baptists and Pentecostals I have met).
That "reasoning" originated in the 19th century by a man who did not read his history.
This is my question did he incorporate pagan and Christian belief? Is so how can the Catholic church claim Peter as the first pope? Or claim to be the first church? Since pagan belief would not have been condoned by the apostles. What is the forums view on pagan terms and icons still being commonly used today. Could pagan worship be a continued worship of Baal that cursed Israel from the start?
Um yes he did, he instructed Christians and non Christians practice sun worship. He made statements that he was reformed due to angel sighted. He professed that the Christian god was the only god then built the arch of Constantine to honor Apollo Diana and Hercules . He did legalize Christian worship as well pagan, in that was far better than the tormentors from the latter emperor. Can you give me bible reference as to 300 years prior to Constantine starting Catholicism Peters roll as Pope or any mentioned Catholicism.
I studied Judaism for a while before I started attending services at a Catholic Church. I immediately recognized what was going on because it was the same thing the Jews do in their synagogues.
Wouldn't that have come through to you if you had been in any one of a dozen other Christian churches? Not every last Christian church, of course, but quite a few of them have essentially the same worship service as the RCC.if
The Roman Emperor Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity and he popularized it all over the massive Empire. He even issued the Edict of Milan, legalizing Christian worship all over the empire.
If it wasnt for Constantine, Christianity wouldnt have spread over Europe as it did..our western culture was so influenced by the Roman culture, if it wasnt for Constantine, many of the West would still be worshiping Pagan Roman gods, or another religion which would have filled the void.
So why isnt Constantine a renowened figure in Christianity ? In all my catholic education and life I have never heard his name, or what he did. Only recently in a history class I did.
Or maybe he is, and its just where I grew up?
Yes, Constantine started the Eastern Orthodoxy, not the RCC , which sprung up in regions at the far reach of his empire.
I grew up protestant in the middle of the Bible Belt and there isn't a whole lot of Catholic influence in this part of the world. The specific church I attending as a child was one of these "nondenominational" rock concert churches and so their practice was nothing whatsoever like the RCC.
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