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Originally Posted by martureo
I proved you wrong.
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where was this again? I don't see any proof. I see you saying that a document that calls Christ god is proof. Proof enough for you apparently
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Now you should apologize or challenge the evidence. Your current weaseling isn't doing your position any good.
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see above.
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Oh man...
- The "Romans" (or the Roman Empire) did not adopt Christianity as a state religion in 313 AD. In 313 AD Christianity became a legitimate religion, prior to that point it was illegal to be a Christian. Illegal because every person in the empire was obligated not only to pay tax to Caesar but to offer to him as a living deity. Jews also rejected this but the Roman Emperor gave them an exception to the rule, until 313 AD Christians were not given such an exemption. Up til the Peace of the Church in 313 AD (and more vigorously just prior to that point) Christians were arrested, their property seized and often they were just executed. Constantine (the emperor responsible for the Peace of the Church) was baptized by an Arian bishop on his death bed. No Christian today would consider Arians to be Christians as they deny the deity of Christ. Arius himself was declared a heretic and banned by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
- Christianity didn't become a "state religion" of the Roman Empire until 380 AD by the Edict of Thessalonica.
- Actually the population of the Christian movement exploded pretty much after the first decade of it's existence. By the 4th century it was almost the dominant religion of the Roman empire, even if it was still illegal
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I mixed up the edict of Milan with the edict of Thessalonica, though again, im not sure what the big arguement is here for you. These edicts were several hundred years after christ, up until 311 with the edict of toleration, then 313 with the edict of Milan where Constatine himself converts and also returns church property, and finally made a state religion with the edict of thessalonica as you state.
How is this not in line with what I stated, about several hundred years for Christ to become a religious figure of extreme importance?