Parable Special: Rome's Christian Emperor Revealed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2020
- History tells us that the Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in the 4th century. But did Christianity conquer Rome or did pagan Rome conquer Christianity?
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I'm studying church history at FAU in Erlangen. This is entertaining but a bit sensationalistic, as if the journalist has discovered something that the scholars did not know. I want to clear up some things. Firstly, the theologians, church historians and archaeologists are not all agreed about the extent of Constantine's so-called conversion, which was described by the church father Eusebius in a clearly biased manner. We simply do not have unbiased written accounts from this period! We can, however, look at the laws he created, and his actions. Constantine did make a lot of laws regarding the churches, donated huge sums of money to build churches, outlawed crucifixion and gladiator death matches, granted all Romans freedom of religion and overall was one of the best emperors. However, he also killed his wife and son, and did not officially become a Christian till just before his death.
He did not "convert the whole Roman world" to Christianity, but merely legalized and promoted it. Actually, he was unpopular among the pagans because he put so many Christians in high places. There were many religions in the Roman Empire, some were illegal (like the cult of Dionysus), but Constantine legalized Christianity and returned the goods plundered by previous emperors. Christianity did not officially become a state religion until the reign of Theodosius at the end of the century.
Constantine also did not "create" Christianity, as some suppose. He did make Dies Sol Invictus (Day of the sun) an official holiday for all Romans, but the Christians had been meeting on Sundays for a long time, so this created a syncretized form of Christianity. Most Christians were converted heathens, so they kept many of their cultural practices and bit by bit adapted them to their "new faith", including adding 25 December, birthday of Mithras, to the Christian calendar as Jesus' birthday. Early Christian theologians such as Justin Martyr and Eusebius saw Mithraism as a satanic counterfeit of Christianity and preached against this heathen cult. Sadly, Constantine was antisemitic towards Jews (mainly due to the political revolts by Jews), and brought Christianity further from its Jewish roots. He also brought some shady theology into it, as well, like the idea that God wanted him to be emperor (otherwise, why did he win the battle). This kind of deterministic triumphalism has afflicted Western Christianity ever since.
There really is very little that Yeshua shares with Mithras or Mithraic relgion, except for the imagery (rays of light), the concept of a god having a son (which all Roman religions had) and some pagan rituals which were kept and "christianized" like Christmas. The video talks about Mithras shedding the "eternal blood" of the bull being similar to Jesus shedding his own blood. Well, that really is a stretch. All pagan religions killed animals and shed their blood. Guess which other religion did this? Judaism. Bulls and sheep were killed and the blood "saved" the people from their sins. Most importantly, during Passover, the blood of the lamb saved the people. This is why St. Paul, a Jew, describes Yeshua as a lamb. Eating a communal meal was also a part of Roman paganism (the meat and wine was first offered to their gods). Jewish Christians understood the Eucharist as a form of the Passover Last Supper, but the pagan Christians related it to their background. So, in short, if Mithraism shared some compoenents with Christian rituals, it's because some rituals (prayers, offerings, common meals, words like "eternal", "sacrifice", "immortal", "resurrection") are found in MANY religions, and that Hellenistic Roman culture shared certain elements, including artistic depictions and cultural themes.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
No one does…
@@fernandocustodio3271 speak for yourself you emotional filled person.
@HOUSE OF YAH! I knew that. But in todays day in age, everybody calls him Jesus Christ lmao quit being a simp, it means the same god.
********The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!! Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!*****
Philippians 2,5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
************6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regart equality with God a thing to be grasped*************
7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[3] being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
It’s crucial to remember that Christianity existed for nearly 300 years before this, a lot of the fellow commenters are seemingly forgetful of that.
Wonder what their motive for the clip is .
Yes, but His birth wasn’t celebrated year after year. That came after. Keep in mind, the Old Testament was a foreshadow of the New. The Jewish feast like Passover, First Fruits, Pentecost etc… were highly celebrated in the Jewish community, and they line up with the death of Christ, His resurrection and the Holy Spirit coming down from heaven.
And Hinduism 600 years before that
@@pritamchakraborty3159well if that applied then we would be watching a video about Hinduism. Now wouldn't we?
All a game
Its a shame how a music video of 3 minutes will have about 100 million views while good documentary like this is on 1 million views
wetware, grateful to have the opportunity brought by all who makes it possible to evolve in learning, and in such a great way things i may have never had given myself the desire to learn or know. Perhaps,not known at all if it werent for the journey of all others. Thank you so much
I definitely believe Constantines "religious epiphany" was him realizing Christianity would be a far more efficient method of controlling the masses than brute force alone
Agreed. Controlling the masses IS the primary purpose of religion.
@@keith1689 There is no god except Allah and Muhammad, may Allah's blessings and may peace be upon him, is the messenger of Allah. Your purpose is to worship Allah alone.
@@firmman4505 lol
@@firmman4505 hahahaha
"Alone" being the key word since we know that, in large part, the Catholic Church didn't convert people through altruism, but through the vicious control of information and the murder of millions!
Lesson: To destroy something, don’t fight people, fight their ideas.
ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!!!
The guy deliberately ignores the most important historical facts ,and distorts others.
1. St.Constantine did not turn to the Christian Faith after his vision.
He was brought up by his Greek and Christian mother Helen.
2. Christians in Western Europe where he ruled, were a tiny small minority.
He had no reason to present himself as a fervent supporter of this religion, as he would probably be hated by his army and his subjects.
3. The arch of Constantine was decorated by fragments of previous destroyed arches.
Therefore there are no secret symbolic meanings , apart from the obvious point that Constantine was a victorious and promising monarch.
The supposed Mithra priests statues , are actually Persian officers in chuckles.
4. The overwhelming majority of the empire's population were pagans.
Rome had an official state religion ,the one of the Invincible Sun, an Constantine as emperor ,was Pontifex Maximus.
There was no way he could declare his Christian faith openly without causing massive reaction or even rebellion.
Actually he was secretly baptised at the palace in Constantinople, shortly before his death.
He did though something great :
He transferred the Capital = the heart of the empire ,from Old pagan Rome, to New Rome ( Constantinople),within a Greek and Christian culture.
5. Similarities between Mithra and Jesus Christ, are tottaly fictitious, and were claimed by dome 19th century anti Christian scholars , without the slightest historical evidence.
6. Constantine was so eager to mix up religions ,that he called the 1st Ecumenical Council, with the participation of over 300 bishops, in order to clarify the doctrines of the Christian Faith.
7. A church in Rome was constructed upon a Mithra temple.
What a discovery!!!
Hundreds of Churches were constructed upon pagan temples.
8.The Nativity was placed on December 25 ,when pagan feasts were held.
That was known right from the beginning, and it was done deliberately, so that it would supplant Roman Saturnalia.
9.The new capital of the empire was named New Rome .
It was the people ,that gave gradually the name Constantinople to the City.
10. The column in the square of Beyaziyt mosque, was topped by Theodosius statue ,not Constantine's ,therefore it was called forum of Theodosios.
11. Ravena mosaics were constructed 200 years after Constantine.
12. Constantine couldn't be buried in Holly Apostoles church, as this was built by Justinian 200 years later,and contained real relics of the 12 Apostoles.
GREAT INFORMATION.THESE PEOPLE TRY TO WASH OUT THE BELIEFS OF THE TRUE GOD.
Konstantin -KOSTA - BONE 😁
I had believed in the documentary and I have also believed in your exposure ...do u have a channel or any social media platform where u have those interesting facts?
One of the best comments on this feed and the only thing I question is #1? I thought Constaintine converted to Christianity much later in life even after the council of nicaea? It seems like he took the opportunity to use the religion for conquest purposes to me. (My personal opinion, you can have your own) Remember he was only a human being like you and me, flawed in more ways than we know. Also, one of the biggest beefs I have with the council of nicaea is that no females were involved or allowed in the picking of the books that went into the bible. I am still baffled to this day that females can be a part of Christianity. The religion that steals from others and claims innocence.
These are really counterpoints, so you study Christian history or are you a fan of the Roman civilization in general?
Thankyou so much for your expose on this,Simcha
"Since Satan cannot destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution."
J.C. Ryle
Stupidest quote ever
@@DanielleA2023 👍
Yea
What does this mean sorry?
This video doesn't make christianity true. Look at the polytheism that Christianity borrows from the Roman religions
Jesus did not rebel against the Romans but rather criticised the religious authorities of his time. So many errors in this video. Apolo was the Greek Sun God. Sol was the Roman Sun God. Constantine did not found Constaninople city,, but adopted a Greek city Byzantium as his capital, thereafter named after him.
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Constantine the great grandfather christianism of Roman catholic and eastern orthodox. And even Armenian
@@kingofkings1848 Rubbish. The Catholic Church existed long before Constantine.
thanos, was a player in this history as well, his quest brought the avengers together to meet him at the end of history.
@@tonybuck1225 yes and yet they ran towards Constantine’s ruling. The church of in Rome was given to idols.
Before we dug deep into who Constantine was, it is wise to know the Host, sponsors,their aims and objectives.
Great comment 👍
Makes No DIFFERENCE...
WE ALL KNOW ITS LUCIFER...😳😳😳😬😬😬😘😘😘
@@grimesresurrection9357 Not So... lol😑
@@grimesresurrection9357
well.., yea.., guess U are right..
AND...?
You do not mention Constantine's Mother = "HELEN". What role did she have in his reign? his ideas? his decrees?
Simcha Jacobovici is a Jew and those people celebrate every year Hanukkah against Greek influence, so they made a documentary without mention the 12 gods of Rome, the Pantheon, god Helios with the sun rays in his head because all that releted to Greeks
@Abraham Mani enth avasthayan bhaii...korch aalkar intellectual aayi oru karyam debate cheyyimbo engane nammale naattile thotti swabhavam kanikkalle...poyi nammale naattil poyi ee nadakam kanikku...evar ee Kalam okke kaijittan varunnath
He was so humble he named the city after himself lol
He didn't. He called it "Nova Roma" - New Rome. The epithet Constantinople became the general name for the city after his death.
Love the comments. Especially of those of you, who met Constantine personally and know first hand his motivation and reasons why he did what he did.
Dont his actions of polytheism speak for themselves? Was the council of Nicea about loving the so called Christ or about creating the dogma needed for a controlling the masses? If He was a Christ follower he would have torn down and stopped sun worship...oh my...We can only judge by actions...
Thank you
Like anyone who knew him would still be alive....
Marlon C. Apparently you have not gone to college, or even had a decent HS class, where you had to complete your own academic research and cite the resource you gleaned your information from, so I won't be too hard on you. They are called primary sources such as historical documents, first-hand knowledge of an event, and peer-reviewed scholarly publications. For example, people might say they know what Jesus the KRST said and yet they are not 2,000 plus year's old.
@@tscott6077 well said. Wasn't his wife Christian also?
It’s so amazing watching these article history , while watching the video with a very good background sounds ,, it’s so thrilled
There’s a book called the Great controversy it’s mind blowing and has a similar line of thought. Just started reading and wow!!!
The author?
Ellen G white - Great controversy
The ultimate "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
That would apply for every Muslim community who used to be Zoroastrianism and Hinduism and the people of Latin and south America who are now Catholics 😁
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such a good watch thanks for posting
Amazing Research! ♥
I don't think it matters if he was a true Christian or not. Christians as a religion were no longer persecuted in Rome. Sounds like a win to me.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Christinity is IMPORTED religion to the Caribbean...IT MOST BE DEPORTED!! sooner the Better.....
@@daggerin4life726 Why should you care ,it's not you are from the Caribbean unlike me .
Sun is called as "Mithra" in Sanskrit language.
"Surya Namaskar" mantras contain a mantra having word "Mithra".
Yes We Have A Mantra || Aum__Mithraya__Namah__ ||
Yes Mithra Is Another Name Of Sun God ..Surya Dev's
So what’s the origin for Mithra?
Mitra is the chariot driver ... he's Suryas brother.
@@Ayo-this-is-Dad-Bunny-0-1-0-1 No he's his brother.
Thank you for your video of history
Injoyed
A wonderful wonderful video.Thank you so much.
You're welcome!
@@ParableChannel im sorry(russia again)- but - this bronze statue on top of the arch - exactly the same as on russian big theater in moscow!!!!!! they even lied that they built it and rebuilt(rusains) - and they sayd that they change the number of the horses atc blah blah blah - but NO - its exactly the same!!!!!!! and guess what - theater goes down undeground for 30 meters!
Constantinople was not a new "city" but an existing Greek city called Byzantium. He made it his capital.
Constantinopolis (officially New Rome) was not the old Greek city of Byzantium. Two different cities they are, as different as Istanbul, Turkey is to Roman Constantinople as Constantinople is to Byzantium.
I absolutely love this channel, great work 👏
I've studied comparative Mythology, and World History, the Bible etc, etc... and I still Love Jesus and the truth he taught, and all He did for us. Constantine was attempting to rewrite History.
"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." 1 John 2:18
Trusting a JOURNALIST to find "the truth" is like trusting a career politician with the running of a country. In other words downright foolish.
Excellent work!! . . . If only people would understand that 'compromise' is the biggest assault against the true Jesus & original Christian faith.
*_2 Corinthians 11: 4_*
A lot of people don't realise that Jesus was speaking to.the People of his day and Nero is the only person that adds to 666 and the last part does not speak of the burning of the world it's talking about Rome itself.
Also the 7 churches existed back then not now
And that’s why Turks came and destroyed them.and they were carrying the new true bridge to God.Islam.
@@francesottewill2538 Nero isnt d only one dat adds up to 666
If you can't beat 'em Lead 'em
Probably the original Trump. Just say anything the idiots want.
@@balajay8921 why do you mean that everybody were idiots?
Wonderful historical move , thank you.
Great research 👌
I watch him work wonders every day in my life. God is great
So why are there kids being abused and killed ?
@@djollyrodjeur the same reason you sin and go against Jehovah's commandments. Don't blame The Lord. Blame yourself and all the other wicked and evil human beings.
That's why. We all have a choice. Free Will. Do good or do evil.
Grow up! And stop asking dumb questions.
How can we trust Constantine when he claims that Jesus or an angel from God showed him a sign of the cross in the sky with the words in this sign you shall conquer. Would Jesus tell Constantine to kill people in Jesus name? In Revelation 21 and in revelation 22 Jesus says murderers will not make it into the kingdom
@@djollyrodjeurBecause theres no god
Eye opening. Thank you for sharing this.
You are welcome - subscribe for more!
Did he have slave's
This is bulshit and very speculative, there's no eye opening...
Thank you so much for explaining nicely
Wow amazing video
We know that Constantine's wife, and daughter were both fanatical Christians. Was it not these women who declared that they had found "Nazareth", and then created a pilgrimage site out of it?
Lol
Mother too
Constantine also gathered the bishops around the Roman Empire and led the council of Nicaea in 325 CE which defined the Christian creed permanently. Those followers of Jesus who rejected this Christian creed were crushed, persecuted, murdered and all of their books got burned.
Books? What kind? That of agnostics? Then God allows that so that heresies are stopped and true Christianity evolved out of the apostate Roman Church(RC) . Not all are exterminated by RC , God has His way to spread His gospel outside the heretic organizations aka cults.
The real belief was Jesus peace be upon him was a prophet. They were made to believe in the trinity, much like today you don't believe Jesus is God then you are going hell. How simple a man is to convince him to worship Satan as God. 😂😂😂😂
As a Jew i confirm that
Yes this comment is true. Many pagan rituals and holidays have been added to Christianity too. Christmas itself has been paganized. Easter or Ishtar as it was. Halloween is NOT a Christian holiday, purely pagan!
All these rituals like turning Jesus's death into a bloody sacrifice where you eat his flesh and drink his blood ARE SATANIC!
We've been duped!
@Titanium Zone It IS true! I've come across EXACTLY the same information in my own research! It's not like it's a big secret either!
Sounds like a little research is just what you need!
"The Council of Nicaea was in BC" you said! WRONG! Go read about it before you attack the comment!
Excellent Show. Bravo.
32:17 He named the city Nova Roma (New Rome). People after his death started to call the city Constantinople.
38:33 Jesus was never an anti-Roman rebel. He even said give to Ceasar what is to Ceasar. He didn't come to destroy the empire but to save the world and that includes the Roman Empire.
Historical channel he?
This is an absolute gold mine of a channel!!!
When did Christ command his disciples to go forth and convert the world with the sword?
never..my ancestors have heavy ties to the Holy Empire, around 800 AD and I'm a devote Catholic, but I don't include the Vatican in my worship. and I'm also Slav, which is the word Slave comes from, so when I hear people in the US talking about slavery, I'm in awe
And a big mistake was made during this time, when the Greeks translated the Old Testament in 330 AD
And the Romans didn't kill him, they tried to save him,
He does, in form of his father, in Old Testament!
@@ozzy82nick ok did he also rape, steal, enslave and murder as the church
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Hi I'm here to you dear friend keep it up and thanks 👍
My father read so many books since he was a kid and he told me this many many years ago. I enjoy learning about different religions but yea.. it surprises me how so many people don’t know about this
Yep the truth
@accept challenges ...No surprise here...The whole of the entire Western European religious system is essentially based on the pagan idolatry of Constantine...The Man who will always be known as,
"The Emperor" who built the First "House" of "Christendom" for "ROME".
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PROOF: All “”religions”” are LIES !! Attention! Only Jesus is the truth and the only WAY !!
All religions presented themselves as FRAUD and LIES when they denied Jesus his sacrifice!
God is holy and therefore inevitably always absolutely RIGHTEOUS! So God can never be merciful, gracious, because grace is not justice and therefore is wrong! A holy God can only be holy if he NEVER does wrong !! So FACT is without Jesus his SACRIFICE out of love for us we would all be lost! Only YHWH is not lying when he says he is HOLY and MERCIFUL !! Who is YHWH equal? EXACTLY NO ONE !!
JESUS gave himself as a sin offering !! A PURE LIFE FOR A LIFE !! Because we have to be holy = without guilt otherwise God will judge us FAIR and RIGHT !! Jesus is YHWH and thus the Creator of EVERYTHING and thus has the weight to wash the whole creation clean with these pure lives (BLOOD) !! God bless you
@@TS-zd2ud in Psalm 40 David says no sacrifice is needed. So sacrifice is unnecessary. So you have to find a different explanation for Jesus dying on the ✝️ Yes He is God and the son of God, but it needs further reasons.
@Onur CAKLI ?? CONTEXT!!
??? Yes, no sacrifice is necessary if you keep sinning !! Because then the sacrifice is unnecessary!
Constantine pulling a Nebuchadnezzar on us
Dang🤣🤣🤣
We always choose to give our Gratitude and Appreciation for all that crosses our paths daily 💙💛💫🙏
I'm not too impressed by those crosses carved in the stones at that fort near Hadrian's Wall.
Imagine all records/data of human have vanished today and the only remarkable evidence is Mt Rushmore. 1000 yrs from now , people in the future will think they were Gods of the people today
It would seem that the Roman Empire was struggling to survive as a viable state at the time Emperor Constantine decided to find a way to shore up a broken, decadent empire.
After all, the Romans had spent a lot of time trying to wipe out Christianity, by means of: torture; imprisonment; mass murder; repression of communal worship, etc. At the end of this effort, the faith was actually growing, instead of being destroyed.
Certainly, Constantine must have thought, 'if you can't beat them, join them.' Here was a community of people who had defied all the odds, while maintaining their morals, and other values, something lacking in Imperial Rome at this time. Simply incorporate this strong community into the weakening Roman culture by means of the law, and Rome would last forever. Or, at least, that was how the story should have gone.
It was rumoured, and it it is not mentioned in the video that Constantine's mother was a Christian, a Brit, and possibly an aristocrat. His father being a Roman and possibly a follower of Mithras?
@@gordonbryce Helena was a Christian is not a rumor but an historical fact. She had a big influence on Constantine. Things aren't as simple to one side or the other as people like them to be seem.
@@Krafanio Yes, history is often smudged over and rewritten to suit other political agendas. I agree.
Christianity was totally and fervently at odds with Roman pagan culture. That is why it was persecuted. It was totally alien to Roman culture, including its passivity to violence and it harsh ridicule of the pagan gods. It was in no way politically expedient for Constatine to embrace it.
he corrupted the teachings of Jesus as well
There is so much information not mentioned here. Like how Constantine’s Mother was a full blow Christian and traveled to the Holy land relic hunting and establishing churches along the way.
The vision Constantine saw wasn’t the cross at all but rather Chi-Rho. “In this sign, conquer.”
It is quite common for Roman Emperors to build giant statues of themselves or more accurately steal them from old emperors and have the faces changed. It’s also common practice to have yourself deified as an emperor.
What these “historians” should be looking at is the written trail that was left by the man to see what faith he held. In that you read of a man that was trying to unify the church and stop in fighting. He called the first Council of Nicaea to help deliberate with the bishops of the day and help mend rifts that came about due to differences in teachings. A megalomaniac wouldn’t concern himself with such things. He himself had the word “consubstantial” added to the Creed that settled the matter of Jesus and God being of the same material.
Let us not forget that he wrote several laws that gave Christians freedom to worship openly and returned lands and buildings that were taken from Christian churches and citizens.
This program is pure garbage with as much historical bases as an Inquirer periodical has in facts. It does not site historical documents and cherry picks information to represent its own views and lead the ignorant astray. Do some reading in actual books. You’ll see that Constantine did a lot of work for the good of the church and that he was a Christian.
Fascinating story; regardless of Constantine's alterations to early Christianity, it's hard to imagine Christianity becoming a widespread world religion without his support or without the embrace of the Roman Empire for that matter. Even though Constantine DID NOT make Christianity the official religion of Rome, he set the tone of tolerance to Christianity, which only later would become the official religion. Let us just imagine if Rome had embraced Judaism, Zoroastrism or any other Religion as their official credo. The world would certainly be very different. It was through Roman conquest that Christianity spread throughout Pagan Europe, and later it was through Christian European conquest that Christianity would spread throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia and pretty much everywhere.
And in doing what you say, spread the lie of Christianity and the myth of an abrahamic god.
The truth of the Gospel will never be dispelled.
It is the very foundation of Truth.
The enemy tried to mix paganism in with it which in turn created the Roman Catholic church, and the Roman Catholic church was known for burning true Christians alive for even having a Bible written in their own spoken tongue.
The truth always wins.
@@stephenagnewii3325The Bible was been rewritten over and over again to different languages. The so-called disciples never wrote the Bible the Bible came from later scrolls so the Bible is just a lie. God is real the Bible just a way to control people.
Constantine did no such thing, this video is lying.
For them to understand and interpret those sculptures on the wall is so phenomenal to me.
God is His own interpreter. "Let there be", and the was. Hebrews 13:8
How??
PROOF: All “”religions”” are LIES !! Attention! Only Jesus is the truth and the only WAY !!
All religions presented themselves as FRAUD and LIES when they denied Jesus his sacrifice!
God is holy and therefore inevitably always absolutely RIGHTEOUS! So God can never be merciful, gracious, because grace is not justice and therefore is wrong! A holy God can only be holy if he NEVER does wrong !! So FACT is without Jesus his SACRIFICE out of love for us we would all be lost! Only YHWH is not lying when he says he is HOLY and MERCIFUL !! Who is YHWH equal? EXACTLY NO ONE !!
JESUS gave himself as a sin offering !! A PURE LIFE FOR A LIFE !! Because we have to be holy = without guilt otherwise God will judge us FAIR and RIGHT !! Jesus is YHWH and thus the Creator of EVERYTHING and thus has the weight to wash the whole creation clean with these pure lives (BLOOD) !! God bless you
@@Hannestv4607 yeah we got. All religion is a lie except yours. Cool story bro.
let's take Islam as an example!:
Islam presented itself as a LIE and FRAUD when it denied Jesus its sacrifice !!
Because God is holy, he cannot be GRACEFUL in the JUDGMENT !! So God always has to judge righteously in order to be holy !!! Does he not judge righteously! he would judge injustice and he would be UNHOLY !! Grace is not fair because it is a GIFT that you do not deserve! If you had earned it, it would not be GRACE but JUSTICE !! So a HOLY GOD cannot be MERCYFUL when he is JUDGING !! So FACT is without JESUS HIS SACRIFICE, it doesn't work !!
So logically and rationally seen is a fact if Jesus did not die for the sins of the world and is not God then it does not work! !! Just like in Islam !! IS ALLAH a LIAR when he says he is the RIGHT JUDGE (which he must be if he is HOLY) ??? Or is ALLAH a LIAR when he says he's MERCIFUL !!!!
Very interesting
Brilliant 👏🏻
Constantine noting that he had to unite the two armies the army he used and the conquered army of the enemy he had to unite the two with some form of belief emerging at the time in case Christianity, he was just opportunist all along.
...thus, controlling the entire empire, with some form of unified belief...
Sounds plausible but just because it sounds good doesn’t make it the Truth. Seek truth for yourself. To be open to the Truth, one has to become blind. Truth is not transient and thus hard for some to accept and understand.
Facts lol some don’t get it
Why would a Conquerer King want to merge the defeated solders? they are poweless without arms and ne King would have done anything he wanted with them. This logic doesn't fit. Could be that most of the Roman citizenry were christians and he wanted to control the masses through this fusion.
true
The old question arises here. Did the Church join the Power to acquire more preponderance? Or on the contrary, was it the Power that sought the alliance with the Church?
Christians were present in numbers in the Roman empire before Constantine. What he did was make it official.
Yup, Apostle Peter, Apostle Paul, Clement of Rome among others were preaching the Gospel in Rome in the first two centuries
What do you mean?! This is everything!
@@V.F._Kritikos NO, the letters go to the household of ceaser, the truth was that Chrstianity was growing so much that there was no way to 'stamp it out' but raher it was better to accept it and such.
Not true. Christianity didn't exist before the Council of N 325 AD. Gnostic tribes/churches like the Essenes, Gentiles etc.
Study Eusebius and Josephus
@@JJ-cw3nf no. They were all GNOSTIC. BUDDHIST-JEWISH sects
Constantine the Great truly changed the World he's on the same level as Alexander the Great and Octavian Augustus
Jesus of Nazareth perhaps ?
How did Constantine change the WORLD
@@kevwhufc8640 He changed the world by polluting who Jesus was and Christianity. All his people were Pagans and when he said that they were to become Christians, the simply changed clothes and said "Were Christians now," but they still practiced their Pagan ways. They didn't give a Damn about Jesus or Christianity they only did what Constantine said to be. That's not Christianity at all. And they never went by Jesus's teachings either. The Catholic churches are just a left over remnant of the Holy Roman empire and all religions today follow the Catholic churches. The Baptist say yeah we believe in the trinity too but we don't pray or worship saints so we're gonna do things our way. And the Methodist follow close behind the Baptist and Protestants and Lutherans and Evangelist all of them are followers of the Catholic churches. They're just different variations of the Catholic churches.
@@ScottRock-mr6qk Constantine never claimed to be a Christian, if you look at his images, statues, mosaics and especially his coins, he continues to worship pagan gods, Mars Jupiter, Concorde, victory, and especially sol, the legend around his coins he refers to himself as Divus ,or PN a God of God's, there was no single Christian church in his time where they all believed the same thing, even almost a century after his death when Theodosius became emperor he chooses to outlaw paganism and made christianity the official state religion, but he writes about the many Christian sects who all disagreed with the others about one thing or another, he sent his men to wipe them all out unless they accepted his version.
But even Theodosius continued using some pagan traditions, the legend around his coins claim him to be a God, the reverse depicts some pagan gods, after his wife died he minted coins with her image on the obverse claiming her as a goddess.
The Christian church was still divided over many things
The east and western churches didn't agree about when Easter should be celebrated, that didn't happen until the 7th century.
Old History changes for every day..
Nothing what we were told, matches up anymore.
Thanks for revealing this fact
No proof at all
Lol
********PROOF: All “”religions”” are LIES !! Attention! Only Jesus is the truth and the only WAY !!********
All religions presented themselves as FRAUD and LIES when they denied Jesus his sacrifice!
God is holy and therefore inevitably always absolutely RIGHTEOUS! So God can never be merciful, gracious, because grace is not justice and therefore is wrong! A holy God can only be holy if he NEVER does wrong !! So FACT is without Jesus his SACRIFICE out of love for us we would all be lost! Only YHWH is not lying when he says he is HOLY and MERCIFUL !! Who is YHWH equal? EXACTLY NO ONE !!
JESUS gave himself as a sin offering !! A PURE LIFE FOR A LIFE !! Because we have to be holy = without guilt otherwise God will judge us FAIR and RIGHT !! Jesus is YHWH and thus the Creator of EVERYTHING and thus has the weight to wash the whole creation clean with these pure lives (BLOOD) !! God bless you
@@Hannestv4607 I'm so glad that you are saved! And you're correct in that YHWH only is righteous and holy. But our good works cannot save us... your works are as filthy rags. In Romans it says that
Jesus BECAME SIN for us so that we might become the righteousness of YHWH...the Just for the unjust, just as you said. Also the scriptures read that in without faithful you cannot please YHWH. Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit, not something we can just get on our own. " Faith is the evidence of things not seen; the substance of things hoped for. " How does that faith get in us? By the grace of YHWH...the unmerited gift of G_d. G_d is indeed righteousness and holiness and equity.n But the Bible also says that "His mercy is over all His works." He is first and foremost Love and Mercy in that because "While we who are sinners Jesus died for us.... the just for the unjust." His very nature is Love and Mercy which trumps His demand for justice. There is only one thing that YHWH cannot do...be untrue to His Own nature. Personally, I do not want justice...I want and need mercy. If YHWH is not Love and Mercy then His death was in vain. Hope you understand and not feel offended because scripture says that only the unsaved (the Greeks, Gentiles) are offended by the mystery, the scandal of the Cross. I'm sure that you are not offended, but please let YHWH be YHWH. Thank you and please pray for me and I will for you. "Beloved, let us love one another (love means sacrifice). For Love is of G_d and everyone who loveth G_d and knoweth G_d. He that loveth not G_d knoweth not G_d for G_d is Love. Beloved, let us not love one another. ( First John 4: 7 and 8).
He was in deed a pagan but Nothing is always far from the truth ...the real God still reigns
Dre he was in (moral dilemmas) just like pastor joel .... hmmm sad
Tjere is no real god, there is several alien species
Lol @ real God, 4200 religions and 2923 Gods and Dre Olwa happens to have the real one, what are the odds 😂
Man that was fantastic and clear
The image of shield at 6:32 reminds me of the double serpent staff Pope carries. Looks like cross on top. Could be wrong, but that caught my attention.
They did tried to substantiate the mystery but it is not enough. Another person could have done or researched it differently or paint it the whole picture differently. There are still many questions to be answered. A single documentary can't explain it all. All the same , good job.
agree this documentary is more like anti Constantine
a fake documentary that misinforms everyone.
watched this and learned alot
Don’t learn from this. This is actually a lot of bs and cynicism. These people were not there and know just as much as you do.
@@wearemazz9701 You weren't there either. So what makes YOUR opinion better?
@@djollyrodjeur the fact that I’m not trying to make people believe a bunch of bull is what makes it better 👌🏼
Everyone of us can be a Christian, As long as we have responsibility. And that is the message of Cross. It's war, suffering, sharing Or burden. There are many names of it but the same meaning-cross, love is God. In the name of Father, Son And Holly Spirit.
Thank you for the video.
Am I the only one who thinks Constantine sounds like Paul?
He came saying he had a vision and Jesus came to him.
Ahahaha! Constantine was simply a cunning politician! Like the Babylonian Emperors before him he realized the importance of marrying state to religion to make himself powerful Ruler
You know nothing,he was a true cristian,he was the first roman emperor that allowed to the prisoners to see the light in prisons,he save millions of christians from the persecitions
@@marios8397 nope he wasn't sorry but history says otherwise
@@carolphillips3068 and were are the history mentioned in this video?
@@marios8397 who said anything about the video as you won't believe anyone do the research yourself and see he was not a born again Christian
@@marios8397 a true Christian that killed his family members and those who opposed Christianity 👍
I am not Roman Catholic thank God. But born again and we try to live out Christ's standards in this modern life.
Did you mean Thank God or Thank Jesus?
Are you orthodox? If you are not then you are no better . Orthodoxy is the true church
So you think you are superior because you are Orthodox? Jesus was none of those titles as he was Jewish actually.
No I am a born again Evangelical Christian superior to nobody just saved by the grace of God alone.
The more of this I watch, the more I see this isn't the only time this has happened
Akhenaten, Constantine and Louis XIV all worshipped suns, all immediately made themselves heads of a new religion, and all moved the capitals of their kingdoms into new cities.
Is there something all these guys seemed to know about that we dont?
I think Putin will do the same ...
@dre2dee2: they all worshiped only one deity
Apt.
@Dre2Dee2; find the longitude and latitude of the new capitals for corellation
i like how bombastic this is . . . like this is startling new revelations about this . . . i also think its entertaining how people ignore the 2020 glasses they have on while they opine about this stuff :). . . there was a time and it occurs from time to time still where a person finds spirituality beyond a religion(s) . . . some of those people are even wikkid smart enough to utilize that for their own position and in the truest form greater benefit for people. . .
as for that belief structure you laid out at the end, this is what far more people believe in my opinion. . . an elemental supported many faced 'god' or 'energy' or "x" whom we can only hope to glimpse or understand in the slightest while striving to 'become god' in all the 'glories' attributed to such an endeavor . . . it's in all 'religions' pagan or otherwise to master yourself and your world to such a point that you become god like . . . ahh but the real crank. . . 'religion' is, has and probably always will be a man made and abused method of control. . .and this lil vidja kinda endorses that position :)
personally i'm old, slow & stoned . . . i worship the sun, our father in all his faces and forms. . . i honor the moon, our mother the balance, compassion and care of our world and i dance with the elements for the water, wind and fire shape and shift the earth all of which exist in me as i from it am. . . after that i hold to be a good man, who tends his way and minds the people, places and things to be found. . . and finally i operate from a simple premise, kinda a life motto and it goes a lil something like this . . . . " be nice, play fair, have fun . . .don't be a dick " . . . in every thought, word and deed keep that close and you'll be just fine :)
Now THATS what I call a “Narcissist” 🤣
no. more like master politician.
@@thatisme3thatisme38 a narcissist in other words then 😊
@@heavymeddle28 well I guess in a way. Love for power sometimes can entail constructing a personality cult just like the communist leaders used to do. They weren't necessarily narcissists. They just liked power.
@@thatisme3thatisme38 yea, I know. I just couldn't help myself writing what I did 😊
@@heavymeddle28 it’s a common thread, or the common denominator. Narcissistic behavior always has some element of power and manipulation involved. The narcissist may not exhibit a hunger and thirst outwardly, but the point behind who they are is to have control and they suffer a narcissistic injury when someone stands up to them. Control is power, manipulation is something all narcissists covet.
The Mithraic religion highlighted the movement of the Sun across the elliptical. The movement
from the constellation of the Bull ( Taurus) to the constellation of the Ram ( Aries) took place at about 2,100 bc. Prior to that Spring commenced in the constellation of Taurus for about 4200 Bc to 2100 bc. The fact that Mithraism Was a secret and elitist religion is not because it was different from the Roman religion per se , but it added an esoteric spin to the Roman Greco religion, particularly from
About 200BC , because the constellation of Aries matched the sign of Aries due to the precession of the equinox.
In Persia, where the magi originated from .. the lamb was known as the Ram.. so the author gets it wrong here .. the symbolism of the cap was from the Zoroastrian faith, where it is mandatory for Zoroastrians to wear a cap. This practice Was adopted by the Jews and Muslims later. The Mitraic religion is influenced Mitra of the Indo - Zoroastrian faith.
Going back to Astronomy , sign of Aries , which is symbolised by the Sun bcoz Sun reaches it zenith or exhalation point in Aries and that explains the reference to Mithras as the Sun God.
No doubt, Constantine had motives in combining Christianity with the Mithraism and this can be seen by the church adopting Easter corresponding to Sun’s move into Spring
Equinox which coincided with so called the rite of spring celebrations which later on became Easter. The’s sun movement into Capricorn or the winter solstice on 22nd December was adopted as the birthdate of Jesus to make it easier to combine the Greco Roman customs into Christianity.
Excellent words.
Thank you good sir. Glad to see others teaching the truth on public forums
Informed Alpha 🤔🤔🤔
Very good information
Yes Mithra literally means Same in Hinduism too . Mithra is referred to Morning Sun or the one who provides path to travel to the sun in different signs
Awesum tech overcom all
CAESAR'S MESSIAH by Joseph Atwill video complements this video but is also crucial to find it on You tube in order to fully UNDERSTAND Christianity.
Very interesting documentary well done
Halo of light around a deity's head can be seen literally in many religions. In Hinduism, we have so many Gods depicted with a halo of light around their heads representing that they are divine beings
I find this history lessen actually fascinating. I have to listen to this again to take it all in. I have visited most of these places when I was young. Today retired back in my own country I am previlaged to be a arm chair traveller revisiting these same places and makeing sence if what I once saw. Thankyou Mr.Simka for this memorable and very interesting History lesson I treasure and have something to ponder about my entire day today.
Lastly I do follow your other programs as well
and enjoy it!
@@ianthedesilva9676 I hope one day I will also visit all these ancient places around the world because I love History and Mythology so much
I’ve been to some of these places and now I really want to revisit Constantine’s arch.
Any true historian knows that like all Roman emperors he was pretty full of himself. I am surprised how there is no mention of how Constantine is influential for the organizing the early church and council of Nicaea
Hinduism,Buddhism or rather sanatan dharma is totally different from abrahamic religions. The former are like real, delicious mangoes .
The latter, colored, flavored, preservative added, carbonated mango drink.
@@solelysoul8543 Lmao
Why americans can't just make a documentary without constant epic hells kitchen war-like music and sound effects playing in the background i will never understand.
“‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!"
Isaiah 37:23
Between Constantine and Paul: christianity was commandeered and guided to be an organ of the Roman Empire: which is now the catholic church.
It was designed that way to placate israel classic roman propaganda
He did not create Christianity.
Christianity was alive way before his time. He did declared that all religions would be tolerated in the Roman Empire. Constantine ended the vicious persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire. Constantine was the first in human history to wage war using the name of Christ.
He did not identify himself as “Christian” until he was 40 years old, and he was baptized only before his imminent death at 65.
Constantine wisely perceived that the Catholic church would glue together his fragile Empire, and he fought heretical movements (Arianism) that can jeopardize the unity of the Church or the unity of the Empire. hence He was made a member of in The Council of Nicaea by the Catholic church.
This council stood down the Arians and issued the Nicene Creed. A statement of faith for Christianity.
He was emperor but he did not control the church, the bishops and the Pope were of church. Constantine did not even fully understood the heresy of Arianism and why the church had condemned it. He needed the church to glue together his fragile Empire..
it was created by rome - read caesar's messiah.
@@jotunman627 I've heard a podcast that he had Arianism leanings, but preferred the idea of doctrinal unity which was what the main body of the church. Constantine's issue was that if the new religion he had legalized was subject to in-fighting it would subject his Empire to break apart at the seams.
@@emiliaramos5792 True, When Constantine endorsed Arius’s ideas, there was an uproar that led the emperor in 325 to call the Council of Nicaea to settle the issue. This council stood down the Arians and issued the Nicene Creed. A statement of faith for Christianity.
He held off his baptism until the last moment of his life, in respect to his position (as Emperor) and the Roman Empire....This video is full of misconception and false narratives on Christianity.
Christianity was alive and growing, even before Constantine, there were ten Popes in the lifetime of Constantine.
This is very interesting… I just wonder when the Arch was built… Before or after his alleged transformation…
Built just after the battle and 10 years before Constantine presided over the council of Nicea. Not nearly enough time had passed between his conversion and the construction of the Arch for Christianity to take hold of Constantine and the Roman culture as a whole.
Let's not forget one important thing: Constantine was benevolent to the christian religion from his victory on the Milvian bridge onwards, but he only converted to that specific religion on his deathbed. That got " willingly forgotten" by later orthodox authors to fit jn their scheme of the faith version they poured over all communities.
I’m a believer in Lord God Almighty Jeovah the Lord of the Universe through his son Jesus our Lord and Savior. I’m not a religious I don’t practice religious but read the Bible, obey the 10 commandments and rest on the seventh day of the Lord has commanded us according to the laws of the 10 commandments. I isolate from many of my social media and I have more time to pray for my family and everyone. I pray with many people mostly at my home and spread the words of God gospel and love to help support in physical and spiritual need and also pray. It’s so beautiful and so free feeling. God bless you all always and forever ♾ 🙏🙏😘😘❤️❤️😊😊😍😍💐
The emphasis on an “ afterlife” for soldiers fighting in bloody battles must have been very consoling
29:05 Ahnk in left eye.
Egyptian influence of the eternal or after life.
@@verycaring2387 I always thought the doctrine of the immortal soul came from the Greeks.
"The early Christian Philosophers adopted the Greek concept of the soul's immortality and thought of the soul as being created by God and infused into the body at conception." (Encyclopedia Britannica (1988), volume 11, p. 25) They came up with Hell too.
@Elizabeth Pitts Thank you. I appreciate your comment very much. Nice to have a bit of support.
I always just assumed I was going to die. It is easier than worrying
PROOF: All “”religions”” are LIES !! Attention! Only Jesus is the truth and the only WAY !!
All religions presented themselves as FRAUD and LIES when they denied Jesus his sacrifice!
God is holy and therefore inevitably always absolutely RIGHTEOUS! So God can never be merciful, gracious, because grace is not justice and therefore is wrong! A holy God can only be holy if he NEVER does wrong !! So FACT is without Jesus his SACRIFICE out of love for us we would all be lost! Only YHWH is not lying when he says he is HOLY and MERCIFUL !! Who is YHWH equal? EXACTLY NO ONE !!
JESUS gave himself as a sin offering !! A PURE LIFE FOR A LIFE !! Because we have to be holy = without guilt otherwise God will judge us FAIR and RIGHT !! Jesus is YHWH and thus the Creator of EVERYTHING and thus has the weight to wash the whole creation clean with these pure lives (BLOOD) !! God bless you
An interesting mix of historical perspectives and exaggerated speculations. It's pretty clear that Constantine's Milvian Bridge story is at the very least his own revisionist perspective, years later, told in the company of Christian clergy and almost certainly tailored to that audience. I can also imagine him equating Mithras and Jesus Christ, religiously, and reimagining and reinterpreting what he'd experienced years earlier. He clearly wasn't actually Christian until later in his life, and by most accounts, Constantine didn't convert to Christianity formally until the time of his death. But much of the other speculations in this video - of Constantine seeing himself as divine and possibly the replacement of Jesus is just typical Roman Imperial stuff. All the Roman emperors either actively sought to promote the idea of their own divinity or had it done anyways by the populace (remember Vespasian's comment to his son Titus as he was dying - wryly remarking that he felt like he was 'becoming a God'?). So the video's portrayal of this aspect as somehow unique to Constantine - that he was uniquely self-centered among the Emperors in seeing himself as Godlike - can't be taken seriously. That's what they all did. All-in-all though quite interesting, particularly the detailed analysis by the professional guests of the arch and other artwork and archeological findings.
Some people can't handle Truth and rather follow a lie
Well Said👏👏👏
@@islamsalaam1129 Honestly it is the truth... I do not expect a ruler of a country to be fully devoted to one faith, especially in a free-religion state like Rome back in those days... The Legend of Constantine is a white lie, as I am sure he baptized at the end of his life,which is rather a semi-common tradition to those that are not full Christians...
My point is *not everything is black and white* ... An emperor cannot act as Queen E the first or her sister Mary, especially in a country with Mithran elites and poor (to middle) christians... At that time Christianity is on the rise and on parr with Mithra elites, I doubt he can stay at his seat by being full Christian... But I am sure he is attracted to the religion as it supports the poor and the needy like he once was...
@@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752 truly even amongst Christianity there are differences of opinions concerning Constantine and Paul. So why should I believe any of them
This is why understanding history is so important as we continue to evolve. Religion has been the most greatest tool used to control the people, so now that we are living in a time where we can question EVERYTHING without being put to death (in most countries) people can form their own opinion to chose what to believe in & why
I read a fiction book where Constantine army put the cross on his men's shield because the new legions that Maxchevas had leved where all Christians and Christians wouldn't fight against Christians so Max new legions broke and turned back toward the city while Constantine veteran legions mopped up. The main character in Constantine army prayed to sol invictus.
I like how people comment it's exaggerated although what they know is little
First of All, any argumentation against Christian Doctrine isn’t exclusively “Western”. Constantine had just as much influence of the Eastern side of Christendom as well.
Eastern church did not split from the "western" Catholic church until 1024AD
This "documentary" is a fairy tale
Yes but western christians don't give name Constantine to their children . Eastern ones do..
Archeologists struggle to interprete what happend at the Battle of the Somme during WW1 merely 100 years ago, how are you going to correctly interpret what happened 1700 years ago?
The most dumbarse comparison in the universe 🤣🤣
@@m.ahio3659
Why?
@@mosesmanaka8109 really lol do i have to state the obvious
@@m.ahio3659
What obvious?
@@m.ahio3659 well we’re waiting for the obvious
In the Gospels it does not say anywhere that there were three wise men, it says there were wise men that brought three gifts.
Matthew 2:7-11 they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Absolutely fascinating. Among Orthodox churches, Constantine is honored in differing degrees. I am most curious about the impact of his mother, Helen. I am also very curious about the murder mystery involving Constantine's son (Crispus) and Constantine's second wife. Any information on them?
Daniel 7:9
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the HAIR of his HEAD like the PURE WOOL: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”
You do not report anything, .. you misinform and at the same time you remain in the dark
@@estoico3619 you addressing me? If so, you are a 🤡
It’s all BS
Why do you 'christians' always quote the OLD testament which is in fact the Torah?
@@djollyrodjeur why do 'Fools' always assume? I'm an Israelite; NOT a 'greasecan'.
Mithras was the god worshipped in India, where he was called Mitra, from there his followers spread westwards and spread the religion of Mitra.
@fatas locos A lot of rituals and ideas are borrowed from pagans by Christians yet they demonize them!
Your own religion was come from Persia, ain't you heard of the Aryan invasion?
@@tantrum17 There's was no Aryan invasion. It was just a colonial conspiracy theory to make Hindus feel that what they value the most is also not their own. That would make Hindus have a defeatist mentality and such people are easy to rule over.
@@himanshukhichar4185 Man oh man! You are still on peoples talks? Dna pattern of most brahmins in your country proves that their ancestors were from European. Not only that even factual proof. Check "The Hindu" article about this. If you think Ramayana and Mahabharata are history then Ima ask forgiveness from you because believing in things that are mentioned in that book is absurd. Iron is used in this stories whereas iron was discovered 3500 years ago. Hanuman settings a gold city on fire(like seriously?) As Ik if you set fire on a gold object it shines not burns. With the sperms of the Rishis animals gets pregnant, sun being the hottest object in the solar system comes and have sex with a women and gives birth to karana. If you go with facts and proof, this only implies that most of this stories are made up in recent years.
@@tantrum17 Bible stories are much worse and superstitious and boring too. Other cultures have much more interesting mythologies. But the funny thing is that people believed them to be literally true for thousands of years and some even do now. 😂😂
Where can I see more of Billy talking about this???
If this is a correct assessment, how would Constantine send his mother to track down the places that Jesus was associated with?
He did not send her she financed it herself and assisted with the properganda. She too had a lot to gain.
The Italians should protect the arch and other historical artifacts from the elements.
Why?
@@toddmaek5436 world history should be preserved for future generations assuming there are any
Nothing last forever. As much as I love art, we should keep art in its original context for the enjoyment and understanding of it original intention.
Wouldn't want the lies to get damaged eh?
Well, they looking for crosses in the arch, but Constantine didn’t used crosses; in his vision, he was ordered to paint XP in his army’s shield as a symbol of victory, XP , XP which is a Christian monogram made up of the Greek letters khi and rho, the first two letters of Khristos, the Greek form of Christ's name.
Interesting. I wonder why they didn't add that...
And there's not even that on the arch.
Yes, very true. But no chi rhos either.
The arch is irrelevant anyway. It was commissioned by the Senate as a gift for Constantine, to be built by his 10 year anniversary for him to visit Rome. Constantine didn't rule from Rome ever, and only visited twice as emperor. He ruled from Mediolanum(Milan) and Augusta Treverorum(Trier), and several cities in Illyricum and elsewhere. We don't know if Constantine had any thing to do with the arch's design. It's entirely made of spolia. Even the sculptural relief band going around the monument commonly attributed to Constantine's time may be spolia from a monument begun by Probus or Carus.
All the Tetrarchs did this. The only story being told on Constantine's arch... Is being told through the use of older sculptures from previous emperors' monuments. I can't believe the doc doesn't even mention this. It must be the only look into the arch that doesn't immediately go into the history of the sculptures and which emperors commissioned them(Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, etc).
Other than that, it's a very impressive arch, and the inscription is obviously from Constantine's day, but written by the Senate. If people want some evidence of Constantine's conversion, the fact that he spurned Jupiter Capitolinus in his triumph, a totally unprecedented and bizarre move, and the fact that he began giving his children a Christian education at this time, and began closing certain pagan temples, etc.
What I took away from this is what is strongly believed by non denominational Christian’s was given by a Pagan converted man of Power. I find it crazy how they came up with the Trinity and it’s heavily believed strongly today… I think what Jesus stressed was the Father, his father our father. But the Nicene creed created the Trinity to make it as if they are all the same!! Great video
It's scary how much that first statue looks like the state of liberty. 😶
How do they know that those cross symbols on those rocks had religious connotations? It’s very easy to make lines crossing one another. Maybe made by a bored soldier? Maybe it was an ancient game? It’s quite a stretch to see “cross or x symbols” on rocks and then proclaim that there were Christians in Constantine’s army.