Roger Pearse wrote:
On 21 Dec, 22:07, Gene Kearns
wrote:
I think Larry is trying to get you to look at the source of the Bible.
Have you ever considered the testaments that *weren't* included in the
Bible?

The Catholics decided, in the 4th century, what you should believe
and.... by a show of hands .....decided what should be considered holy
and what should be considered anathema. If one was politically correct
one's motion(dogma) carried, if not it didn't. The true word was
created!

So it says in the "Da Vinci code". Must be true, I suppose?

Of course it's complete nonsense.


Ah, yes, the Council of Nicaea never took place in 325 CE. Right.

But others think it was the first ecumenical council of the Christian
church, meeting in ancient Nicaea. It was called by the emperor
Constantine I, an unbaptized catechumen, or neophyte, who presided over
the opening session and took part in the discussions. He hoped a general
council of the church would solve the problem created in the Eastern
church by Arianism, a heresy first proposed by Arius of Alexandria that
affirmed that Christ is not divine but a created being. Pope Sylvester I
did not attend the council but was represented by legates.

The council condemned Arius and, with reluctance on the part of some,
incorporated the nonscriptural word homoousios (“of one substance”) into
a creed (the Nicene Creed) to signify the absolute equality of the Son
with the Father. The emperor then exiled Arius, an act that, while
manifesting a solidarity of church and state, underscored the importance
of secular patronage in ecclesiastical affairs.

The council also attempted but failed to establish a uniform date for
Easter. But it issued decrees on many other matters, including the
proper method of consecrating bishops, a condemnation of lending money
at interest by clerics, and a refusal to allow bishops, priests, and
deacons to move from one church to another. Socrates Scholasticus, a
5th-century Byzantine historian, said that the council intended to make
a canon enforcing celibacy of the clergy, but it failed to do so when
some objected. It also confirmed the primacy of Alexandria and Jerusalem
over other sees in their respective areas.

Ergo, Gene was correct. So sorry.