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DHK, exactly as you say, Constantine was not a Christian, so he hadn't any influence on any Christian council. Constantine was an emperor and shrewd Politian only, not a cleric, and certainly not a Catholic participating in any Catholic Council. Stop trying to revise history, it can not be changed, no matter how much you would like to change it.

 

McCree, you wrote and quoted from " Eusebius " but you left out the following by Eusebius.
' 'You have thus by such an admonition bound together the plantings of Peter and Paul at Rome and Corinth." Dionysius of Corinth, Epistle to Pope Soter, fragment in Eusebius' Church History, II:25 (c. A.D. 178).


"As Peter had preached the Word publicly at Rome, and declared the Gospel by the Spirit, many who were present requested that Mark, who had followed him for a long time and remembered his sayings, should write them out." Clement of Alexandria, fragment in Eusebius Church History, VI:14,6 (A.D. 190)

"It is, therefore, recorded that Paul was beheaded in Rome itself, and that Peter likewise was crucified under Nero. This account of Peter and Paul is substantiated by the fact that their names are preserved in the cemeteries of that place even to the present day. It is confirmed likewise by Caius, a member of the Church, who arose under Zephyrinus, bishop of Rome. He, in a published disputation with Proclus, the leader of the Phrygian heresy, speaks as follows concerning the places where the sacred corpses of the aforesaid apostles are laid: 'But I can show the trophies of the apostles. For if you will go to the Vatican or to the Ostian way, you will find the trophies of those who laid the foundations of this church.'" Gaius, fragment in Eusebius' Church History, 2:25 (A.D. 198).


"Peter...coming to the city of Rome, by the mighty cooperation of that power which was lying in wait there..." Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, II:14,5 (A.D. 325).

"This man [Simon Magus], after he had been cast out by the Apostles, came to Rome...Peter and Paul, a noble pair, chief rulers of the Church, arrived and set the error right...For Peter was there, who carrieth the keys of heaven..." Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures

 

JonC, history shows that Constantine or Charlemagne was never present as active participants at any early Catholic council. Mc Cree is wrong again.

 

McCree, unless there is an authentic "Fairy Tale History of the Protestant Church" on your bookshelf, you must be joking.

It was Jesus Christ who founded the Catholic Church, shortly after he rose again from the dead.

Fifty days after Jesus rose again, and ten days after Jesus ascended to heaven, the Holy Spirit descended, and presided at the birth of the Church that has been known as Catholic, since at least 107 AD.

The Catholic Church had successfully endured several hundred years of brutal persecution, by the time Constantine came along.

Anyone who calls themselves Christian, who has the gall to attempt to denigrate the testimony of Jesus Christ, as well as that of the early martyrs, by denying the identify of the Catholic Church they died for, is either a liar, a fool, or both.

The Catholic Church converted Constantine, the Roman Emperor, for Christ.

The Catholic Church went on to convert the Roman empire, for Christ.

The Catholic Church converted most of the known world, for Christ.

It was definitely NOT the other way around.

And not a single Protestant had anything to do with it ... not even the Baptists ... some of whom falsely claim to have been "secretly" hiding out, while all this was happening.

 

Jesus only left us ONE CHURCH, nowhere did Jesus say my churches, He only said singular "church". Rant and rave all you want, you sound just like protesters. Protesters of authority, protesters of God's Authoritative church. Jesus never introduced any Baptist, Methodist, Mormon, JWs etc. He only formed His One True Church on His Apostles, not your church inventors. Only his Apostles, and because Jesus not only wants those 1st century Christians but also all future mankind saved Jesus told his Apostles to go out and ordain successors. Your churches are founded on the whims of weak men who caved in to their God-giving freewill to do as they pleased, now ,as shortly after the Protestant rebellion, your man-made churches began to splinter, will continue to splinter ,and become weak and splinter into sawdust. Only His True Apostolic Church will be there to greet the Lord when he returns. Pray for the correct Holy Spirit, because that holy spirit you're receiving is very confused, he can't make up your mind or his mind to which of your non-Catholic churches is his.

 

Rebel, you just do not know the truth of early Christianity, if it wasn't for the popes committing his world-wide catholics to defend both the Holy Bible and Christianity from being annilated by Islam , you Rebel along with all of us would be bending over kissing mother earth while facing Mecca and reading their Koran instead of our Bibles.