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Jan 4, 2022 · The council that formed an undisputed decision on the canon took place at Carthage in 397, sixty years after Constantine’s death. However, long before Constantine, 21 books were acknowledged by all Christians (the 4 Gospels, Acts, 13 Paul, 1 Peter, 1 John, Revelation). There were 10 disputed books (Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2-3 John, Jude, Ps ...
- Christianity Is Persecuted Under The Roman Emperor Diocletian
- The Next Emperor, Constantine, Becomes A Christian
- Constantine Asks Eusebius to Have Fifty Copies of Scripture Produced
- Eusebius Does Not Tell Us Which Books Were in The Canon
At the beginning of the fourth century, Christianity was persecuted by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Among other things, the Holy Scriptures of the Christians were sought out and destroyed by the authority of the Emperor in his Imperial Edict in A.D. 303. Christian churches were also burned. Many Christians lost their lives during this terrible per...
The historical irony is that the next Emperor, Constantine, became a Christian. Instead of being a persecuted religion, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. And, instead of ordering the destruction of the Christian Scripture, Constantine ordered accurate copies to be made.
In A.D. 330, Constantine inaugurated his new capital at Constantinople, formerly called Byzantium. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor wrote to the church father Eusebius and asked him to have fifty copies of the Scriptures produced and sent to Constantinople. Each of these copies would have included the entire Old Testament and New Testament in Greek....
While Eusebius tells us that he complied with Constantine’s request, and had these fifty copies produced, he nowhere tells us which books were included in the copies of the Old and New Testament. Though there is no specific list, the issue of their content is not really in doubt. Eusebius, in his other writings, informs us as to which books were un...
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Feb 23, 2024 · Finally, there is some evidence to suggest that Constantine may have been motivated by a genuine desire to improve the purity and accuracy of the Bible. Many of the texts that he removed from the Bible were considered by some to be heretical or unorthodox, and Constantine may have believed that his revisions would help to ensure that the Bible ...
David L. Dungan is Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), and this book is the culmination of a course that he has been teaching for thirty-five years entitled, “The Making of the New Testament.” His vast knowledge of, and years of reflecting on, early Christianity shines through on every page of this thought-provoking little book. Dungan’s basic argument is ...
Constantine the Great is remembered as the first Christian emperor of Rome. His conversion to Christianity led many Christians to ask for his interventions into church matters. The result was some theological clarity (i.e., the Council of Nicea) as well as a lot of misplaced trust. The year was AD 303. The Roman military commander Diocletian ...
Apr 9, 2019 · Constantine, Conspiracy, and the Canon. Michael S. Heiser 4 min read April 9, 2019. Dan Brown’s bestselling conspiratorial thriller The Da Vinci Code seems like ancient history now. At its peak of popularity, the novel set records both for sales and for irritating scholars with its view that Jesus and the 12 apostles held to gnostic heresies.
Constantine (also known with the ending "the Great"), lived from February 27, 272 to May 22, 337 A.D. He ruled as Emperor from 306 to 337 A.D. After his vision in Gaul in 312 A.D., whereby he is said to have become a Christian, Constantine became the first Roman ruler to treat favorably those who stated they were Christians. History states that ...
