@wolfgang59 saidIt is worth noting that Emperor Constantius II was an anti-Nicene Emperor that would persecute those who embraced the Nicene creed.
The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos),
issued on 27 February AD 380
(As instructed by god presumably?)
This was the beginning of the end for all other Christian religions.
(And there were many!)
But for the whim of a few men today could look very different ...
His son, Emperor Julian the Apostate, was even worse. But something tells me that many peopel who would even call themselves Christians today would actually go to the bat for this guy because of their concept of religious tolerance.
What sort of Christian are you -- or are you cheering for, Wolfgang?
@wolfgang59 saidMatthew 7:15
The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos),
issued on 27 February AD 380
(As instructed by god presumably?)
This was the beginning of the end for all other Christian religions.
(And there were many!)
But for the whim of a few men today could look very different ...
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ravening - extortioners
Sheep eat grass. Wolves eat sheep. That's how one can tell the difference. As the apostle Paul said in Acts 20:29,30, "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."
Heretics are everywhere.
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-Removed-When one is "born again" certain supernatural things occur in the believer that the believer is neither cognizant of nor contributes to.
The "regeneration" of the human spirit, which was dead, is accomplished by an act of God.
A number of things happen at the moment one is "saved". Not limited to, but initially, the Holy Spirit baptizes the believer "into Christ", and "seals" that one "unto the day of redemption".
Ones body becomes the "temple of the Holy Ghost", literally making the heart of that man the "temple of God".
Through the process of "sanctification" the Holy Spirit teaches the believer, in his spirit, by the Word of God, what the Word of God means by what it says.
The Holy Spirit isn't teaching and revealing the truth of God's Word differently to one believer and another.
It is the Word of God that identifies what is heresy and who is a heretic. As Spirit filled believers we merely see and understand how heresy is manifested in the world in general, and in individuals in particular by the truth of God's Word.
As Jesus said, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."
It's all in the Bible. Heretics are everywhere, and so are fruit inspectors.
-Removed-Aren't you though?
The fruit of your posting pattern and your execrations of Christians posting in this forum is the evidence.
You do it habitually. I'm just being a realist and calling the spade a spade.
You don't know it yet, but you will. You're a complete fail relative to civil discourse by your insistence on deflecting from the topic of discussion and your continuous execrations against Christians posting in this forum.
Your fruit is rotten.