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ANALYSIS OF THE DOCTRINES 2.1 Constantine “The Great” Supports the Pauline Christianity 2.2 Christian Theologians Freely Made Changes To Their Doctrines 2.3 Christians Oldest Confession of Faith: The Apostles Creed 2.4 The Summary of Pauline Doctrines (Based on the Apostles and Other Christian Creeds) |
2.1 Constantine “The Great” Supports the Pauline Christianity
The year 306 C.E is a joyous one in the history of Christianity. Constantine the first (272-337 C.E)[1] was made Emperor of Rome in that year. With the ascendancy of Constantine, Christianity became the State Church of the Roman Empire, a new era had indeed begun. Hitherto the secular authority had persecuted the Nazarene Community, now they were supporting the Pauline Christianity. What is of greatest interest to us today is that the Pauline Christianity as it evolved was formed on the basis of a mighty power struggle between many opposing forces. The Christian Doctrines or “Creeds” that evolved did so as a result of this struggle and these were codified in meetings of prelates, known as Church Councils. Various Church Councils or Synods were held in different parts of the empire during (and after) Constantine reign in which the Christian belief was systematically codified.[2] [1] Historical records depicted him as a rather curious fellow. His nephew Julian (Roman Emperor 361-363 C.E) said, “bull-neck Constantine made himself ridiculous by his strange appearance, wearing weird stiff eastern garments, jewels on his arm, a tiara on his head, perched crazily between tinted-bat wings, and a lion on his chest.” It was this Constantine who drowned his wife in boiling water, butchered his young nephew, personally murdered two of his brothers-in-law, killed his son, bled to death several men and women, and smothered an old monk in a well. Surprisingly, the Church latter “sainted-him”. (The Bible Fraud: An Untold Story of Jesus Christ, 211, 220) [2] What is Christianity, 30 |
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