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jar
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Message 17 of 28 (660056)
04-20-2012 2:27 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by Greatest I am
04-20-2012 2:17 PM


Excuse me?
Do you have any evidence to support your assertion that Constantine forced the Trinity down Christianity's throat?

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jar
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Message 19 of 28 (660067)
04-20-2012 3:00 PM
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04-20-2012 2:49 PM


But it was not Constantine that made those decisions but rather the Bishops that gathered in that council.
In addition, Christianity has never been monolithic. There have always been schisms and sects.

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jar
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Message 21 of 28 (660086)
04-20-2012 7:55 PM
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04-20-2012 7:51 PM


Love to discuss this in depth.
Start a topic on it since it's pretty unrelated to this topic, but you sure seem to be tossing out a bunch of assertions and using lots of innuendo.

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jar
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Message 24 of 28 (660482)
04-26-2012 9:37 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by Greatest I am
04-26-2012 7:42 AM


No one is arguing that the concept of the Trinity was not something that evolved over time. Nor is anyone arguing that Constantine did not see Christianity as a political tool and that that view is the biggest reason for the expansion and dominance that resulted.
If the vote was in favor of the concept of the Trinity even before Constantine stepped in, you cannot say that the Trinity concept was solely the result of an edict from Constantine.
Look at your other cites.
You say that at the Council of Constantinople "only Trinitarians were invited to attend."
That supports my position that there were also non-Trinitarian Christians.

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