a. Jesus : started a ministry to save his people (the Jews). Is said to have turned water into wine, walked on water and rise from the dead after cruxifiction. His philosophies spawn a new cult movement. (cir. 4 BCE - 33 BCE)
b. Zoroaster: Persian prophet whose Mithra (protector of Humanity and cosmic god of light, son of the Almighty, second piece of the trinity.) was sent to the world by way of virgin birth in order to guide his people back to the Almighty (cir 1400 BCE - present)
c. Constantine the Great: a devot pagan who capitalized on a growing religious cult within the Empire of Rome. Constantine is the first of the common era to decree a freedom of religon act. Constantine later makes chirstianity the state religion, holds council with the leaders of the christian sects in Nicea, and authorized a canon which not only creates the church and the christian bible, but turns Jesus from man to Messiah. Without Constantine christianity would be a dead religion. (312 CE - 324 CE)
2006-09-21 10:33:39 · 17 answers · asked by curtaincaller 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Constantine.
Without Constantine, there would have been no Jesus myth to popularize the other two.
2006-09-21 10:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus. He came along said the Zoroastrian Pharisee thing was getting stale lets talk to the heart again lets mix things up. Constantine could not have succeeded if that new message didn't touch the peoples hearts. There was NO religion at that time in that area of the world that wasn't stale. They could not have worked they didn't touch the upper chakras anymore.People needed change.
I think when Consantine Made it a imperial religion was the start of the new one Getting stale all over again. But thank God it all happened. We do need a new message. Spaceship earth we are all earthlings.
2006-09-21 11:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not (C) - Christianity would have had far more persecution without his decrees, but I don't think that you can assume it would be a dead religion without him. It would, however, be a dead religion without Jesus Christ.
Not (B) - His beliefs developed into Zoroastrianism, which could have contributed to the Jewish hesitancy to accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah - if anything, crippling Christianity.
The only answer is (A) - who else on earth but Jesus Christ could have the most influence on Christianity? He provided the foundation from which the beliefs were built.
2006-09-21 10:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by In God I Trust (a.k.a. infohog) 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus, it all started with him.
Without him Constantine had nothing to defend, come on you could have figured that one out, have no clue what B is but by the looks of it, that has nothing to do with Christainity, if you are implying that the concept of a divine son of God came from this.
2006-09-21 10:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
d. none of the above
Jesus may or may not have existed,
Zoroastrianism is pretty strange too, and Constantine had a cool name, used religion to his advantage politically,
My personal favorite would be Pope Innocent when he sanctioned the inquisition.
2006-09-21 10:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 06:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a. Jesus and His followers were and are not a cult. Even if Constantine hadn't done what he did, Chirstianity would still be here and as strong as it is now!
2006-09-21 10:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jedi for Christ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A. Jesus would have to influence Constantine for him to influence everyone else.
2006-09-21 10:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by Alucard 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure Constantine is to blame for it all
2006-09-21 10:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure Jesus would be the most influential person in Christianity. He was the one who inspired the others.
2006-09-21 10:49:18 · answer #10 · answered by retro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋