Posted By admin on April 11, 2010

Relic Artifact

Why do so many people believe that the Catholic Church began with Constantine?

There is historical evidence that Christians worshiped as Catholics before the 4th century. There are artifacts, relics, and missals that show that Catholicism was around before Constantine. There are even inscriptions in the Roman catacombs of Jesus, Mary, Peter, Paul, and many other saints when the Catholic Church was underground in hiding from persecution. There were altars built over tombs of the martyrs in the catacombs of which the priests would say Mass over.

I just don't understand why a lot of people these days think that the Catholic Church began with Constantine.

The answer to your question is basically because that is what they were told. History of course does not bear that out. The greeks owe much more to constantine than the western Church does.The ancient city Constantinople was named after him.The Greeks have him on there list of saints where as the West has his Mother only.Constantine wanted the Papacy moved to Greece and the Pope said no and that started the first real friction between the two great Faiths. Now if only some one can explain to me that according to Zena E the fact that most of the Bible was written in Greek rather than Latin changes any thing and proves a Religion is beyond me.Every one knows that Greek was a popular literature language during the time of Christ and the Apostles.But as the Roman Government grew so did the use of Latin but neither language proves or disproves who is more right as Jesus settled that a long time ago.None are only his followers and teachers. So as ST.Ignatius said in 107AD being to first publish the name Catholic in his letters.And lastly if Constantine could have been able to have started any Church it would have been the Arian Church as he was a believer and supporter of Arian teaching.

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