Constantine

[kellychaos]

I read an interesting article on the emperor Constantine and his mission to convert pagans to Christianity. According to the article, he backed Christianity because he saw that it was "the winning horse" in the battle between paganism and itself. It is said that he fused the two religions in an effort to sell Christianity by making such concessions as moving the Sabbath, which used to be Saturday, to Sunday, "Day Of The Sun", to appease old pagan customs. Further, it is he that was the main force at the "Council Of Nicea" that gave the push to proclaim Jesus a divinity without heir. (There intence speculation that Mary Magadalan (sp ?) was not only his not only his wife but the mother to a surving royal bloodline of the two). No surviving bloodline gave the church more expansive power because then they would be the only route to Divinity. The article also stated that the Bible was a result of a commision paid by Constantine to fit the Bible to his political needs and that the testimonies of the Bible that showed the more human traits (such as the "Dead Sea Scrolls" ) were left out in a deliberate attempt to make Jesus more deified. Well, anyway I'm ramblimg because this is new to me. Does anyone have more info on this. I'm intrigued.