If you Knew that the bible was edited by King Constantine when He Started The NEW Christian Church?

Question

If there was proof that under the orders of the Roman King Constantine,, the leader or "1st Pope" decided what gossples were to be included or Excluded. Then edited them to put the church between the people and God and to put men in power over women. If there was historical proof of this ,,how would it effect what you believe. Would you think the devil was behind the whole thing

Answer 1

Your premise is incorrect. The Bible doesn't put men over women. The Bible holds women to be treated like Christ loved the Church. There is no greater love than that.

Answer 2

It is Emperor not king, there were two major religions at the time, one was called "Mithra" Constantine was a high priest in it. It also had a son of the god who died and rose up after three days, he had 12 apostles, and it was a male only! It competed with the christian religion. Constantine allowed the two religions to be merged, they changed their holidays to conform with Christianity's events, he commissioned one man to put together the first new testament. Then they set up the church just like the Roman government and made a man gods Representative on earth, they then enforced it on the people by the sword! What people were forced to believe by threat of death has little bearing on what Jesus really taught. The devil is the Church's invention to help control the masses, just burning the heretics alive wasn't enough! The real devils were the ones who made the decisions to burn people alive! You can see from what I have said that I believe that Jesus lived, he was a healer, and preached the Mystical message of LOVE!

Answer 3

Ignorance = confusion! Again! And I am referring to some of the responses. The NKJV is the most commonly used in Pentecostal churches because it has the least deliberate errors i.e. some 30 translation errors in Genesis alone. However, that said, we still have the Jewish Torah which is hand-copied over thousands of years as the core of our Christian bible so any OT anomalies can be easily identified. Secondly, the Greek Orthodox church, still today, holds its services in ancient Greek so we have access to the originals in both languages as well as the ability to compare the NT/OT for gaps and misinterpretations. Even the NIV should only be used by mature Christians wishing to access an easier to read version of the Bible - it deliberately misses out on some key issues and mistranslates others. The rest of the versions are worse. So, 'yes'!

Answer 4

Constantine didn't start the "New" church... he did, however, order the Council to be set and for those who were Christian to make up their minds about what was going on. Constantine was a Pagan Emporer and didn't convert, officially, till his deathbed (though he did use a lot of Christian imagery, etc to gain the trust of Christians so he would have more soldiers for his wars). Constantine was never a Pope or a leader of any sect of Christianity.

At the council, though, people were exiled... others were sentenced to death for their "heresy" against the Majority VOTE. Yes, it was Voted on... it was not directed by one person. Though, that alone proves there isn't anything Inspired. Why would mankind need to vote on it if it were inspired? =)

Answer 5

It wan't just the Emperor Constantine, he was also under the pressure of the delegates of his court. They voted on which would be included and which wouldn't, many he did not agree with but he was out voted. I don't remeber the name of the biik, but it was about the early history of the Roman Catholic Church, I also remeber seeing a documentary on it on the history channel many years back. Also man were given power over women because of Eve's action in the garden of Eden. She caused Man to fall by tricking him to eat the fruit. No I believe politics has played a large role in the translation of the Bible, also the King James Version was translated for political reasons by the english goverment. I learned that in World History my freashman year of high school.

Answer 6

In tracing the origin of the Bible, one is led to AD 325, when Constantine the Great called the First Council of Nicaea, composed of 300+ religious leaders.
They held a vote the majority ruled and those that were not part of the majority were thrown out of the church.
Funny how most voted for it.

Answer 7

Well, there is ample proof that Constantine didn't edit the Bible or start the Church or anything ridiculous like that, so I'm not worried.

But if you want to talk about editing the Bible, take a look at Martin Luther!

True Christian? Take a look at the Gutenberg Bible, and see that there are seven books that you are missing. Martin Luther threw them out! That is why you don't have the complete Bible. You might want to study your history guys...

Answer 8

Yes. The Bible you are describing is the Minority Text. It is man-made and full of mistakes, contradictions, and doctrinal heresy. Know where it is today? It is the text that we get versions like the NIV, NASB, et al from. The Majority Text, however, is the one that has been used by the persecuted church since the time of Christ. It is accurate, error-free, doctrinally pure, and not influenced by men's political or religious views. It is the text we get the King James version from, and it is extremely accurate. It is the preserved word of God. Don't forget that there are 2 texts, not 1: a real text and a counterfeit one.

Answer 9

It would affect nothing at all, because I assume from the outset a Divine pressure on the actions of everyone associated with Scriptural translation and redaction. Besides which, your statement is mistaken to begin with. The ecumenical church councils decided what books were canonical and which were not.

Answer 10

Brother M,

Yes indeed, philosophy was sowed into the Word, that is why the Authorized Version of 1611 or the King James Version is the more sure Word of God.