The controversy was not within the Church, but Arians who contradicted what the Church had always believed. That's what Athanasius proved; that's why you don't like him.
Since they were both deacons in the same church, how can you say that it didn’t split the church when some chose to follow Arius and others stuck to Athanasius? It’s a split that never really got healed.
The Orthodox Church to this day stands apart from Roman Catholicism....but it seems that a recent move by the pope to unite them will be difficult without compromise. Catholicism is a house divided, as is all of Christendom who retain her foundational beliefs. When God and his Christ look down from heaven what do they see?...one cohesive and united Christian faith?...or just the opposite.
The Arians were not unitarians, a 17th century offshoot of reformism.
Arians remained Catholic.....it was a split.
Only one was right, the tradition of Arianism was non-existent.
Arianism argued with an adopted belief that was not found anywhere in the Bible....the Catholic church itself admits that the doctrine is not found, in any clear statement of Scripture. So where did it come from if neither Christ nor his apostles ever taught it? The answer is obvious.
you lack faith in what was accepted in the first 3 centuries by the historic Church.
Since Jesus foretold that an apostasy would take place, and that the apostles would restrain its influence, we can see that the last apostle John was to write his last letters and his Revelation towards the end of the first century.....when he died, there was no longer any restraint, and the weeds did what weeds do best...they took over the whole field from the second century onward, gradually deviating from the truth by adopting all manner of man-made teachings and traditions.....and who was going to stop them? Not God, because this was all part of prophesy.
It is impossible to summon a council without the pope. Derailers don't work with me.
Show me a “pope” appointed by Jesus......Peter was not the first pope, and to claim that is to assign him to a position that Christ never gave him.......Jesus is the one who said.....“You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.” (Matt 23:9 NJB)
Your “Pontiff” is a Roman counterfeit.
At that time, Constantine was an Arian. He was baptized a Catholic on his death bed.
Constantine was an astute politician of whom it is said that for every Christian church he built, he also built a temple to Zeus. He sacrificed to Zeus whilst pretending to be what he clearly was not. He ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds. What was produced was a clear fusion of weakened Christianity and Roman sun worship....all the citizens of Rome had the same religion by order of the state, with aspects of both religions so that it appeared to serve everyone.......everyone except God and his son.
Although Constantine is often credited with being the first Christian emperor, he didn’t make Christianity the official religion.
Roman Catholicism was made the state religion of Rome....who can argue with that? Was it genuine Christianity though? Don’t we see Roman sun worship cleverly disguised in all Catholic art and statuary? Every image of Mary, Jesus or the saints have a halo....a symbol of the sun. It’s everywhere....the “Sun” became the “Son”.....the old switcheroo. No one seemed to notice.
Anti-Catholic Myths and Lies: #1 Emperor Constantine Founded the Catholic Church | Living Bread Radio Network This story, most famously told by Jehovah Witnesses and Fundamentalist Protestants, came out of their necessity to support their lie that there was an apostasy in the early Church. It is their way to explain how their reform and late arrival is justifiable
Regardless of who “founded” the Roman Catholic church, the fact remains that everything it teaches and practices is a complete departure from anything that Christ began. Jesus established his church with humble beginnings and there was never a command to build opulent cathedrals, or to have an earthly priesthood with fancy titles and distinctive garments to identify them.....monastic life was never mentioned, especially when vows of silence were imposed when Jesus told his disciples to be preachers....how do you preach if you cannot speak? Show me nuns and monks in first century Christianity?
Believing in transubstantiation is a violation of God’s law....making those who consume the bread and wine into cannibals....eating Christ’s literal flesh and blood.....when these were symbols of his sacrifice.....proven by the fact that he was still alive when he offered them to his disciples at the last supper.
Catholic people as well as all the multitude of Protestant religions, seem to have no idea how far from Christ’s teaching they have all strayed, or how well they fulfill the prophesy about the apostasy that was sure to come.
The link you provided has this statement...
“Constantine had a dream or a vision, He saw a strange sign in the heavens and heard the words en toutoi nika – Greek for “In this, conquer.” (The Latin is sometimes rendered as In hoc signo vinces, “In this sign you will conquer.” Constantine ordered that a new imperial standard bearing the sign be made immediately, and that the mysterious sign be painted on the shields of all his troops. The sign was formed from two greek letters, chi (X) and rho (P), the first two letters of the title ‘Christ”
Christians were not to be killers, but were taught by Christ to “love their enemies” (Matt 5:43-44)...so any sign that appeared to this pagan emperor, inciting bloodshed in wars, was not from God. (Isa 1:15) It would have been from “the god of this world” who blinds people to the truth and promotes hatred and bloodshed. (2 Cor 4:3-4)
By the time of Christ’s ministry Israel did not have a military force but were subjugated to Rome. Any who entered military service were seen as traitors because they served the interests of the Roman government. Like tax collectors, they were seen as sinners. Christians can therefore not serve in the military without ignoring the teachings of the Christ. On and on it goes......
