Pad there is a variant of that theory.....by a country man of yours also I believe named Pete Brown. At Freerat he goes under the name Mountainman. In addition, in Lost Christianities Bart Ehrman spends a lot of time going over the evolution of orthodox xtianity from what he styles "proto-orthodoxy" ( i.e., the group which became the orthodox. Coincidentally ( or not ) Ehrman traces this development to the end of the 3d century....which is also the beginning of the 4th. There were many church councils held over the next century and a half.
Nicaea was merely the first.
I have an electronic version of Lost Christianities. PM an email address if you'd like to look it over.
Nicaea was merely the first.
I have an electronic version of Lost Christianities. PM an email address if you'd like to look it over.
