RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
February 2, 2018 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2018 at 2:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Doubtful, the dispute between the proto-orthodox and the arians was a dispute over how the same books should be interpreted. Two sets of fanatics with compelling financial interests in their own dogma went at it....and the weight of empire came crashing down on one of them. That would have played out the same, in reverse. Constantine didn't give a fuck about either of their interpretations. He just wanted to consolidate his authority. Had the arian faction been able to offer that then he would have went with them and the rest isn't likely to have changed much. Remember, at his point, it doesn't seem to have mattered which books were included or who was declared to be a heretic in thi context..as a large number of christians ended up believing in the heresy anyway, people weren;t reading magic book back in the day any more than they do today.
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