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Old 12-02-2009, 09:17 AM   #24
Ternneowns

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Nope! There were no other denominations in 325 AD. Well, denominations you could be part of and not be killed in any civilized part of the world. During that period of Christianity, there was no such thing as confession. Your sins were forgiven ONCE at Baptism, and after that you had to be on your best behavior. Hence why the likes of Constantine I of the eastern Roman Empire were baptized on their deathbed. That is what that line refers to, not what you're referring to, which is a post-Reformation spin on the Creed. Confession came later. Much later, and a retrofit happened.
I would consider that far back to be "pre-Jesuit"

The Catholic faith had not yet formed into the complex socio-political organ and was pretty much grouped into a loose collection of believers scattered between present-day Italy and present-day Iraq, with the bulk of them them living near Rome and in Constantinople.


AD 325 is important is because that's when Christianity first jumped from being an "underground" religion into a highly-complex social order thanks to Emperor Constantine.


If it weren't for him, the Catholic Church would not exist.

Two of the tapestries in the great hall of the Philadelphia Museum of Art are dedication tapestries to Constantine.
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