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Refuting the claim Constantine fabricated Christianity at Nicea

The speaker refutes the popular narrative that Emperor Constantine invented Christianity at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. According to this false account, Constantine judged Christianity too unwieldy and mysterious, summoned 318 theologians to make it more manageable as a state religion, produced a solution for the Trinity, and discarded 26 of 30 Gospels.

The speaker explains that Constantine did call the council, but because division had arisen in the church and he desired unity. The real crisis was the teaching of Arius, which questioned whether Christ was truly divine. The Council of Nicea addressed this Arian controversy, not the canon of Scripture.

The New Testament canon was established by later councils, not at Nicea. Long before Constantine's reign, the church already possessed bishops, Scripture, worship, and recognized the four Gospels. The speaker asserts that the popular narrative is historically untenable and expresses amazement that people believe it despite freely accessible information, giving glory to God.

Key moments

  1. The false narrative claims that in 325 AD Constantine judged Christianity too unwieldy, complicated, and mysterious, and wanted to eliminate contradictions such as the Trinity.
  2. It says Constantine summoned 318 theologians to Nicea to make Christianity more manageable for use as a state religion to manipulate people.
  3. According to that narrative, the council produced a solution for the Trinity and discarded 26 of 30 Gospels.
  4. Constantine did call the Council of Nicea because there was division in the church and he desired unity.
  5. The real crisis was the teaching of Arius, which questioned whether Christ was truly divine.
  6. The Council of Nicea did not decide the New Testament canon; other councils established the canon.
  7. Constantine did not invent Christianity; the church already had bishops, scripture, worship, and recognized the four Gospels long before his reign.
  8. The speaker expresses disbelief that people believe the false account when the internet is free, and gives glory to God.
14 opinions in the discussion 14 participants, 4 replies to each other The opinion with the most support He's Jewish, by the way Read the discussion
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  • opinion#3638

    He's Jewish, by the way

    • opinion#3643

      The fact that he's allowed to be a professor is INSANE! It's basic common knowledge that Nicaea had nothing to do with the Bible

    • opinion#3644

      He needs way more debunking. Lots of people pushing the Islamic golden age narrative rely on him, same with crusades stuff etc. His lectures are all anti west and anti Christian if you actually watch them.

  • opinion#3641

    Where does he (the guy in the video) get these outright fantasies from? It honestly shocks me when educators give lectures this bad.

    • opinion#3645

      It's because people desperately want God not to be real, since they love their sin and don't want to face the consequences

    • opinion#3646

      Because they get their history from pop culture myths and enlightenment era writings

  • opinion#3642

    This professor has been caught straight up lying to people and refuted over and over, it's honestly hilarious at this point

  • opinion#3636

    The Bishops who came to Nicaea were said to look like zombies because of everything they'd endured for their faith. It makes no sense that people who were already being persecuted would go and make their suffering worse by declaring a 1st century Rabbi was God and Lord.

  • opinion#3634

    Protestants and atheists always like to pretend the guys at the councils were just "preachers" or "theologians" when in reality they were bishops

  • opinion#3640

    Yes, exactly! He gives zero evidence for what he's claiming. There's no excuse for that kind of willful ignorance from a professor. Anyone could just read the Christian apologists like Quadratus, Aristides, Justin Martyr and all the others, and see his claim is total nonsense.

  • opinion#3639

    Honestly, Julian the apostate alone wrecks this "professor's" whole argument,

  • opinion#3633

    This theory could actually work if it weren't for all those apostles and early church fathers we have records of

  • opinion#3635

    I have nothing against critical scholars, I read their stuff, buy their books and listen to their lectures all the time. But I've genuinely never even heard of that guy.

  • opinion#3637

    As annoying as this myth and this professor pushing it are, you can't really blame him. Even someone like Voltaire believed and taught the myth that the New Testament Canon was decided at Nicaea 1, and in his "Philosophical Dictionary" claimed there were 50 Gospels before 46 were cut and only the 4 Canonical ones were kept. And like everyone who believes these Nicaea myths, he also thought Christ's divinity was invented at the council. It's wild that these slanders and falsehoods have been debunked so thoroughly, yet everyone from ordinary people to academics keeps spreading them with zero shame. Lord have mercy!