Information about the removal from the Christian Bible of references to reincarnation?

Question

Seems there was a meeting of the bishops and maybe also the Pope of the time [I think during the middle ages] in Contantinople, to remove all references to reincarnation from the Bible. I'd like to know dates, places and people concerned in this 'editing' process.
May have been part of the process of power grabbing by the church of Rome against the Eastern church based in Contantinople / Istanbul.
If you can answer, please supply references to prove accuracy of reported facts.
Thank you.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible

Answer 2

It is alleged that the council of Nicea (325 AD) removed all references to reincarnation and declared it a heresy which is a pretty clear indication that many early Christians must have believed in it. If you want conclusive proof that the disciples unquestionigly believed in rebirth read John 9 v.1-3 and note Christ's response. He doesn't support reincarnation but neither does he explicitly condemn a belief in it.

Answer 3

I'll check back from time to time to read the answers. Until then, another way of looking at it is that the Bible does not deny reincarnation.... in fact, Jesus refers to it saying "I was John." (looking for the chapter and verse now) The ancients were not able to remove all of the truth from the Bible though they have succeeded somewhat in distorting and withholding it from the masses.

Answer 4

Not true. Another of Satan's lies to deceive you
(REVELATION 12:7-9)
Don't be gullible

Does the Bible’s teaching about the soul and death allow for reincarnation?

Genesis 2:7 states: “God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.” Notice that the man himself was the soul; the soul was not immaterial, separate and distinct from the body. “The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.” (Ezek. 18:4, 20) And a deceased person is referred to as a “dead soul.” (Num. 6:6) At death, “his spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.” (Ps. 146:4) So when someone dies, the complete person is dead; there is nothing that remains alive and that could pass into another body.

Eccl. 3:19: “There is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies.” (As in the case of humans, nothing survives at the death of an animal. There is nothing that can experience rebirth in another body.)

Eccl. 9:10: “All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going.” (It is not into another body but into Sheol, the common grave of mankind, that the dead go.)

Answer 5

pope gregory 4 century

Answer 6

Google "council of nicea reincarnation" and you will find many references, here is a typical one:

http://reluctant-messenger.com/origen6.html

And Allah knows best.

Peace and Blessings,

Salim