Cd: Thanks that makes sense-good information.
> [Original Message] > From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/31/2005 12:02:35 PM > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Perry & Dave: inquiring minds want to know > > CD wrote: > > ... didn't birth of the RCC have roots that trace back > > to Constantine I, The great in 306 ad-337ad as he fought > > under the Christian flag and Christianity became a national > > movement under the proceding Emperors? > > All Christians can trace their roots back to the time of Constantine. The > Roman Catholics have no special claim to that period. The truth is that > Roman Catholicism as its own sect, separate from other churches of > Christianity, did not exist back then. At that time when many of the > Christian churches were moving toward a more central earthly government, > there were about 150 bishops, with probably 5 being prominent because of the > large cities they oversaw. The bishop of Rome was considered to have > primacy because Rome was the capital of the Roman empire. However, the > meaning of "primacy" to the bishops of that time is not the same as what > Roman Catholicism attaches to the Pope. In fact, in 381, a canon was > decreed at the Second Ecumenical Council which declared that the bishop of > Constantinople should have primacy of honor above the bishop of Rome. This > was done because the capital of the Roman Empire was moved from Rome to > Constantinople. In the decades that followed, the Roman empire was split > into two empires with separate capitals, neither one being Rome. A lot of > interesting history if you dig into it deeper. There was even a short time > when there was no pope in Rome, and a time when there were two popes at > once, each claiming to be the rightful heir to the "throne". > > The flag that Constantine made was basically a cross he saw in a vision, and > this insignia is better identified with the Eastern Orthodox churches than > with Roman Catholicism. The insignia for the pope, the tiara, bears no > resemblance to Constantine's banner. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
