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The Papacy And The Civil Power – Chapter X. Constantine Part 1

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Churches Independent before Constantine.—Victor I. endeavored to establish the Supremacy of Rome.— Ambition of the Popes.—Aided Constantine to overthrow Maxentius.—Consequences.—Constantine a Usurper.— Maxentius the Lawful Emperor.—Constantine baptized just before his Death. His Motives.—Influence upon Roman Clergy.—Arianism.—The Council of Nice.—The Pope had Nothing to do with It.—Called by the Emperor. The Pope did not preside by his Legates.—He did not approve the Decrees as Necessary to their Validity.— Constantine was the Master Spirit. He dictated the Creed.—He fixed Infallibility in the Council.—The Council did not decree the Primacy of the Bishop of Rome.—It enacted only Twenty Canons.—All other pretended Ones are Forgeries.

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The Papacy And The Civil Power – Chapter VIII. Pope’s Temporal Power Not Divine

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Infallibility before the late Decree.—The Pope’s Temporal Power not Divine.—The Italian People.—The Government of the Papal States.—Jesuitism.—Mutilation of Books at Rome.—Union of Church and State by Constantine.—His Grant Supposititious (based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.).—He did not unite with the Church of Rome.—Rome was governed by Imperial Officers.—The Apostles had no Temporal Power.

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The Church Hijacked

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Emperor Constantine who made Christianity the state religion. My good friend Reinhard from the Netherlands wrote this and shared it with me. Many Protestants believe that the Romanization of the Early Church occurred in phases and steps over the centuries; say, in the 4th to the 6th century. And, in a way, it did! But there was certainly a turning point in church history when a switch was definitively turned. … Continue reading →