By: Anonymous Muslim
Some details
about the pagan LIAR, Emperor Constantine I
First let us look at this
article from some details
From: http://jews-for-allah.org/messianic-jews/constantine_and_trinity.htm
The
Thirteenth Disciple
by Nozrem ha Brit
It is said that the thing that motivates and
inspires mankind the most is faith. The most widespread faith in the world
today is that of Christianity, yet it must be noted that there is no
correlation between number of adherents and validity of truth. Christians
claim to follow the teachings of the one they call Jesus Christ, but their
traditions today are radically different than the original teachings of that
man. The process of the development of Christianity is a long and
complicated one, but there are a number of key influential figures who played a
crucial role in it. While most are familiar with the names of the 12 apostles, they are usually unfamiliar with the
one who claimedthe Greek letters chi and rho
superimposed, on their shields prior to the battle. Constantine explained later
in his life to Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea, that the sign appeared to him
in the sky. It was accompanied by a message, en hoc signo
vinces
, “In this sign we conquer.” Apparently G*D had conveniently
accompanied the Greek anagram with a Latin inscription for Constantine, who was
less than literate in Greek.
A contemporary account of the
same vision was given by a pagan orator in 310 CE. It relates that on the march
to Rome, Constantine received this vision in Gaul at a shrine to the Roman god Apollo. This
would prove interesting if accurate, as it would provide the motivation for Constantine’s conversion. The suspicion also grows when
one notices such things like his declaration of the change of the Sabbath. It
was Constantine who changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday. His
justification was that it was Sunday that Jesus was resurrected,
and hence it was more appropriate to celebrate this event on that day, despite
the fact that Yeshua, the Aramaic name of Jesus, and
all of the apostles strictly observed the Sabbath on Saturday. It is more
likely that his decision was influenced by the fact that Sun-Day was the Roman
day of worship of the Sun-God, Apollo, as well as for the followers of the god
Mithras. Heathens and Christians alike were obliged by Constantine to raise their hands on this day and recite
a prayer that was free of Christian theology and quite ambiguous in nature, a unison of all people through supplication.
It would not be uncharacteristic
for the Roman emperor to use religion for secular goals. The Roman Empire, being highly militaristic in nature,
commonly conquered new peoples along the frontiers who had a faith that
differed from their own. This was never a problem, as these gods were commonly
“Romanized” and included into the belief system. The polytheistic nature of the
Roman faith allowed such inclusions, but it was also necessary to acknowledge
the deity of the Emperor. It was believed that the Emperor ruled by divine
will, and sometimes was even viewed as a god himself. This was necessary for
the justification of the rule, and ensured allegiance to the throne. For this
reason, Christianity was extremely problematic to the beaurocrats
as it undermined their very authority. In a manner typical to only the
cleverest of leaders, Constantine solved this problem by proclaiming himself
the virtual head of the church, thus maintaining the allegiance of people.
It was important for Constantine to establish some form of spiritual justification for
his rule as he was insurgent against the Emperor Maxentius, who claimed divine rule through the authority of
Zeus and the Roman pantheon of gods. Christianity
was the obvious choice, as it was a faith rapidly spreading and had many
sympathizers. Constantine erected a monumental arch in celebration of
his triumph in Rome, as well as to his own ingenuity and Divine inspiration. It
was accompanied by a semblance of himself carrying a
cross with an inscription, “By this saving sign I have delivered your city from
the tyrant and restored liberty to the Senate and people of Rome.” It is interesting that Constantine chose to display so prominently the symbol
of the cross. This was not a common symbol for the persecuted Christians of the
time as it was too noticeable and obvious, the acronym and symbol of the fish
was far more covert and subtle. The cross at that time had more semblance to some of the European pagan traditions such as
the Stoic and Celtic crosses, in regions existing back even before the
inception of Christianity.
The greatest accomplishment of Constantine during his lifetime was yet to come; the legalization
of Christianity which entrenched itself in the Roman world henceforth. Constantine had signed a treaty with Licinius,
who had become the sole Eastern Emperor after defeating Maximinius,
but broke the treaty in 324 a conquered the entire Empire himself. His next
task was to unify the Empire under a single religion, that of Christianity. The
basis of modern Christianity is the Trinity, but at that time this concept had
several different variations. The spectrum ranged from those who rejected it
and claimed Jesus to be a prophet, to those who could count that 1+1+1= 3, and
claimed Jesus to be one of three gods. The foundation for the Trinity being outlined in very
advanced Greek, it was impossible for Constantine to entirely comprehend it himself. Yet, he naturally chose the diplomatic middle
position and decided that God was three-in-one based on the theologians
Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine. He convened the council of Nicaea in 325, in which the Creed outline
his version of the relationship between Jesus and the Father. It is unfortunate
that the relationship of Constantine
and his own son could not be so close, as while he was in the West he had his
eldest son and deputy emperor, Crispus, and his wife,
Fausta, executed for reasons that remained a mystery.
All other forms of Christianity that did not comply to
this Creed, including Arianism, were labeled as
heretics and were to be eliminated. To this day, Constantine’s Nicean Creed is used as
the basis for determining who is a Christian, which is why Jehovah’s Witnesses, that rely heavily on the doctrine of Arianism,
are still labelled as heretics today.
Though he set out on a theological war, Constantine also set out to commemorate his military and civil vicories as well. Constantine was responsible for many of the physical icons in the
Christian world today. It was him who arbitrarily decided the location of
Jesus’ resurrection, and built a huge basilica on the spot now known as the
Holy Sepulcher. In addition, he laid the foundation for the Holy Wisdom, which
was to latter become the Hagia Sophia. He built
numerous other churches across the Empire, including that of St. Peter.
According to Leo the Great, it was customary even for Christians of the time
to pay pray to the sun on the steps of St. Peter. Constantine also rebuilt Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople, after himself. During its dedication in 330 CE there was a strange
celebration of the merging of Christianity and pagan doctrine, where both the
sun chariot and the cross were prominently displayed in the marketplace.
It seemed as if though Christian heretics were abhorable
to Constantine, he had no problem with the coalescence of pagan
theology. Though renowned for looting pagan temples, he endowed pagan priests
with considerable privileges before his death in 337. He was buried in his
self-constructed Church of the Apostles in Constantinople, with memorials of the 12 Apostles on each side,
typical of someone who was believed and was confirmed by the church to have a
special and personal relationship with God.
The effects of pagan influences on Christian
traditions can most clearly be seen in its’ celebrations, for every single one
has a pagan celebration as its origin. One festivity that was personally
initiated by Constantine was All Saint’s Day, quite appropriate as the
mythology of pagan traditions were transferred the stories of the Saints.
Constantine’s own mother Helena, born of the lowly status of a concubine, was
elevated to that of a saint, the greatest honor any child could wish to honor
his mother. St. Helen was responsible
for discovering the True Cross, as well as the location of the Church of Nativity, the location of Jesus’s
birth, which had previously been a pagan shrine to Mithras. Between Constantine
and cohorts, the entire foundation of modern Christianity was developed. It is unlikely the faith would have persevered in the face of
the relentless persecution, but instead it was the pagan traditions that
vanished within ten years of Constantine’s death, the one of the sun worship being
the very last. Yet perhaps we should ponder if it would have been better for Yeshua’s teachings to have disappeared than to have them so
utterly corrupted and perpetuated as his own.
(c) 2000 - 2001
Again this was from http://jews-for-allah.org/messianic-jews/constantine_and_trinity.htm
Some further information on
the pagan LIAR Constantine I’s “ALLEGED” vision
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milvian_Bridge
Vision of Constantine
It is commonly stated that on the evening of October 27,
with the armies preparing for battle, Constantine had a vision which lead him
to fight under the protection of the Christian God. The details of that vision,
however, but does not
mention any vision. In his later Life
of Constantine, Eusebius gives a detailed account of a vision and stresses
that he had heard the story from the emperor himself. According to this
version, Constantine with his army was marching somewhere (Eusebius does not specify the actual location of the event, but it
is clearly not in the camp at Rome), when he looked up to the sun and
saw a cross of light above it, and with it the Greek words "Εν Τουτω
Νικα" ("by this,
conquer!", often rendered in Latin as in hoc signo vinces — "In this sign you shall win").
At first, unsure of the meaning of the apparition, but in the following night,
he had a dream in which Christ explained to him that he should use the sign
against his enemies. Eusebius then continues to describe the labarum, the
military standard used by Constantine
in his later wars against Licinius, showing the chi-rho sign.
Those two accounts can hardly be reconciled with each
other, though they have been merged in popular notion into Constantine seeing
the Chi-Rho sign at the evening before battle. .
Eusebius reports that Constantine was baptized only
shortly before his death in 337. With this, he followed one custom at the time
which postponed baptism till old age or death[5].
According to Jerome,
Constantine's choice fell upon the Arian bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, who happened, despite
his being an ally of Arius,
to still be the bishop
of the region.
Notwithstanding his conversion to Christianity,