I have been studying the cross lately and came across some interesting things.
Constantine the Great called the 1st Christian Emperior was a Pagan high preist who did not convert to Christianaty untill on his death bed.
He introduced the trinity and the cross to the Christian church , apx 320 years after Jesus died .
Is this the begining of the coruption of what Jesus taught ?
Why did Jews and Christians believe in one God untill then ?
Why does Islam agree with the Jews on this point ?
Why did Constantine introduct the Pagan cross ?
Why did Christians stop believeing in Jesus was gods son and god was the head of the christ until this point ?
2007-11-13 01:15:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why Johnl to get history to fit in with your beliefs ?
2007-11-13 01:24:11 · update #1
Alexande That is not where I got my information.
2007-11-13 01:44:44 · update #2
Alexandde that raises another interesting point why do you ask that ,do they know something we don't ?
Why is a search for truth pointed to them ?
2007-11-13 01:47:21 · update #3
You are quite correct that it was Constantine that introduced the pagan symbols and beliefs into Christianity.
In the first century, the apostle Paul warned that "wicked men and impostors" would slip into the Christian congregation and mislead many. (2 Timothy 3:13) This great apostasy began after the death of the apostles. (Acts 20:29, 30)
Following the so-called conversion of Constantine in the fourth century, vast numbers of pagans flocked to the form of Christianity that then prevailed.
Since then the vast majority of so called Christians have been following traditions and teachings of pagan origin.,,and do so down to this day.
To all the nay sayers out there , too bad, it is well documented.
Thats the way it is.
For more Bible based info please feel free to email me.
2007-11-13 01:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by I♥U 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
purely to sparkling some thing up: Constantine did no longer "technically" provide us the Latin crucifix. using the easy Latin crucifix got here AFTER Constantine, and any pictures of Christ actual being on the crucifix got here even later nevertheless. What Constantine used (and what some solutions confer with as getting used till now Constantine), is the monogram image for Christ's call. It took the style of a extensive "X", particularly circumstances with a P (rho) with the aid of it. yet as i discussed, this fairly had no longer something to do with the device of Christ's execution in besides--It replaced into basically an abbreviation for his call.
2016-12-16 07:23:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constantine converted to Christianity more than 20 years before he died. He was baptized on his death bed because some people believed that your last act should be baptism, and being cleansed of sins, so that you die sinless.
I don't think Constantine 'introduced' the trinity or the cross. The symbols existed before he had his men paint one on their shields.
The concept of the trinity was discussed well before Constantine got involved.
Understand that there is no ONE way of Christian thinking. From the disciples arguing over who would sit next to Jesus, to Paul and Peter disagreeing on who should be taught Christ's message, to Gnostics, to Manichians, to Orthodox, to Waldensian, there were and are different views on who Christ was and what his message was.
(Similar to Sunni, Shi'ite, and Wahhabi Muslims)
Was Constantine the "beginning of the corruption of what Jesus taught?"
Stanley Hawerwas certainly thinks so, and I tend to agree.
(If Jesus wanted the government involved in matters of God, wouldn't Jesus have said so?)
Godspeed.
2007-11-13 01:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by jimmeisnerjr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are quite correct in all tlhis.
Most church Bible dictionaries as well as the vast majority of most popular Greek word dictionaries also state this. Jesus died on a stauros, not a crux (single pole or stake)....Both Vine and Strong say this as well as Thayer and many others. The tau or t is the brand of Tammuz a pagan god. Just as Dec. 25 is the birthday of Mithras, a pagan god, not Jesus.
These seminary references are free online all over the internet. Email me for links.
Debbie
2007-11-13 02:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by debbiepittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Constantine was a Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of Rome, in exchange for being made the Pope!
2007-11-13 01:30:12 · answer #5 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't get my information from Watchtower if I were you. Have a good day.
2007-11-13 01:34:22 · answer #6 · answered by alexandersmommy 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You better read your history agin or tell you local university to change their history books
2007-11-13 01:19:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Lots of questions here...........one simple answer:lies.
2007-11-13 01:23:09 · answer #8 · answered by Cotton Wool Ninja 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋