QUOTE(Ken1Burton @ Feb 14 2005, 04:39 PM)
A Super Pancake? The Bible was not Written before Constantine? Or is that the books of the Bible we now have a collection was not assembled together? And seen as acceptable unto most?
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For the last time I said the second testament well most of it was not written the stories of jesus was passed down through word of mouth, because Christianity was not mainstream and they were being persecuted for more or less 100 yrs after Jesus death. Then Constantine had a vision and saw it as a sign from god that he was to take over the byzantine empire. Once he got the thrown he took the first testament which was already written, He and a few priest got whatever stories of jesus they can get that was acceptable to them and formed the second testament and completed the Bible, the first and second testament. Unfortunately he passed a law saying the people must follow the religion of the thrown, which at the time was christianity and it's first completed bible, what is bad about the law is once Constantine died the next occupier of the thrown could of changed it.
QUOTE(Something Like Laughter @ Feb 14 2005, 07:12 PM)
Constantine didnt edit the bible, he didnt even decide what would go in it.
IIRC the nicean council didnt establish the canon. it delt more with the arians and the divinity of Jesus.
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IIRC the nicean council didnt establish the canon. it delt more with the arians and the divinity of Jesus.
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You should study the history of the bible. I believe Constantine called his belief of the Bible trinitarianism (you know the Trinity) based on the views of St. Augustine who which Constantine was fond of. Some how Arius and his view was accepted when Constantine was said to adopt it in his death bed and the rest is pagan history.
And please were off topic.