Religion
In reply to the discussion: Faced With an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do? [View all]vlyons
(10,252 posts)The Council was convened primarily to resolve 3 questions. 1. When should Easter be celebrated. They decided that easter should be celebrated on the 1st Sunday after the 21at of March. 2. What the the relationship between God and Jesus. They invented the 3 in 1 Trinity, and anyone, who refused to accept this doctrine (the gnostics e.g.) was labeled a heretic and exiled. 3. What should be included in canon (Church) law? A lot of the old Roman pagan law was grandfathered in. For example, the office of the Pontiff of Rome had been the Pontifex Maximus or pontifex maximus (Latin, "greatest priest" was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum) in ancient Rome.
Constantine himself worshipped Apollo the sun god. He saw Jesus as the son of Apollo. The RCC is a corrupt institution. It has always been a corrupt institution for the elite patricians. It exists to amass wealth and separate people from their money. If this post offends anyone, I'm sorry. But it's time for people start using their brains, reason, and logic. Maybe even read some history books.