The Voice of Elijah® January 1995 Newsletter

The Politics of Nicæa: Constantine and the Church

This is the fourth article in a series of articles on the early history of Christianity. This one explains some of the circumstances that contributed to the extinction of The Apostolic Teaching. It looks specifically at how Origen’s advocacy of everyone freely interpreting the Scriptures for himself led to a theological free-for-all that Constantine, the Emperor of Rome, finally ended by convening the Council of Nicæa to settle the Arian controversy.

Questions & Answers

This column is devoted almost entirely to an interview with a Pretender who finally realized he had been a Pretender. The remainder deals with the identifying characteristics of a True Believer.