snowymountains Posted March 7 https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2015/02/uw-religion-today-how-constantine-created-the-christian-church.html " why did it take nearly three centuries to found the organized Church? There are three main reasons. ... had to allow each community to run itself, as indicated by Paul’s letters to the churches he established. " It seems like Paul envisioned self organised communities. This has several implications, such as no Bible/Canon in today's sense, each community would choose its textual references no official interpretation of Canon(s), each community would be left free to interpret the texts no organised Church This sounds like a very different Christianity to what we have today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Foote Posted June 6 On 3/7/2024 at 2:33 PM, snowymountains said: https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2015/02/uw-religion-today-how-constantine-created-the-christian-church.html Article can be found here: https://www.sweetwaternow.com/uw-religion-today-constantine-created-christian-church/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
