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muriel_volestrangler

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4. I think they would say the Catholic church slowly became corrupt

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 11:01 PM

Dec 2011

not that anything associated with Rome has always been bad. The Council of Nicaea was all bishops from the Empire (who were in the 'orthodox' majority, anyway), and not controlled by the Roman Archbishop, ie Pope. I don't think Constantine had input into the choice of books, either - he himself wanted a suitable official religion, and told the bishops to come up with an agreed answer, but was no scholar himself (I'm not even sure if he was baptised).

Fundamentalists' objections to the RC church stem from those made by Luther, Calvin etc. in the Protestant Reformation, which were that the Catholic church had become a power structure that claimed special insight into the 'truth' about God, and had become in many cases corrupt. They would presumably say God guided the choice of books. Plus there is a slight difference in the books of the Old Testament between Protestant and Catholic churches anyway, so they can point at a later decision by Protestants to not accept the Nicaean decision as 'infallible'.

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A question about Christian fundamentalists. [View all] MH1 Dec 2011 OP

They do it the way most Christians do: laconicsax Dec 2011 #1

Yeah, in general, that's what I figure MH1 Dec 2011 #2

My guess is that most fundamentalists are too stupid to have any idea what the question is about. laconicsax Dec 2011 #3

While I think you may be right about fundamentalists, I don't cbayer Dec 2011 #11

You're actually doing it too. laconicsax Dec 2011 #14

Which should be the case with any historical documents, no? cbayer Dec 2011 #15

I don't think it's that profound a film. laconicsax Dec 2011 #17

I did not suggest that 'most Christians' do it. MH1 Dec 2011 #19

No you did not suggest that. I was responding to another member's reply. cbayer Dec 2011 #28

Oops, sorry about that. Sometimes I misread threads that way. MH1 Dec 2011 #29

I think they would say the Catholic church slowly became corrupt muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #4

That sounds about right. MH1 Dec 2011 #21

I think you give most fundamentalists skepticscott Dec 2011 #22

They don't know. darkstar3 Dec 2011 #5

The fundamentalists that I know have at least an opinion on it MH1 Dec 2011 #23

Most honestly don't know, especially in denominations where pastors generally iris27 Dec 2011 #6

Constantine and the First Council of Nicaea had nothing to do with the Canon of the Bible so Leontius Dec 2011 #7

Ok, then help me out, where did it come from? MH1 Dec 2011 #20

The Council was convened mainly to settle the Arian controversy over the nature of Christ Leontius Dec 2011 #27

Council of Nicea Irishonly Dec 2011 #8

Don't feel bad, I've been informed that I am 'going to Hell' MH1 Dec 2011 #24

Religion is a mess Irishonly Dec 2011 #30

The Bible cannot be inerrant FarCenter Dec 2011 #9

Oh, but these are just the minor inconsistencies you'll find iris27 Dec 2011 #13

A letter to Dr. Laura Schlesinger that was widely distributed on the web: cbayer Dec 2011 #10

My favorite is c) MH1 Dec 2011 #25

It gets weirder: Many of them believe that ONLY the translators... TygrBright Dec 2011 #12

Yeah, the KJV-only folks are a special kind of odd. iris27 Dec 2011 #16

That site is always a riot. laconicsax Dec 2011 #18

Wow, that page is hilarious. MH1 Dec 2011 #26