86.."CHRISTIANITY"
What happened to "Christianity"?
By definition, Christianity is "A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus." We know that "Christianity" of today may be based on the "life" of Jesus the Christ, but bears no relation to His latest "teachings"..those received by Paul through the Spirit of Jesus, RE: BLOG PAUL 101.
How did Rome become the center of "Christianity"..why not Ephesus, Corinth?
I'm not referring to Constantine and the "sign of the cross" in the sky, when he defeated the Emperor of Rome in the west. That's when it became THE religion of Rome, when Christians were no longer persecuted and it became the 'official" religion of the Empire. Then came the meeting at Nicea and the Nicene creed, but we won't get into that fiasco.
No,Rome became the center long before this.
You may recall that I belived that Paulwas tried twice in Rome The first time he confronted Nero on or about 62 AD and was freed. then I believe he went to Spain as he had always promised.
When the great fire occurred in 64 AD, I believe he returned to Rome, when he heard of the persecutions of his people. I don't believe that he would desert them at this time.
He too was martyred by decapitation after his return.
Now, admittedly I have no proof of this and some believe he was executed in 68 AD. My only reason for believing that he died with his people is based on my understanding of his character.
At any rate, the followers and dedicated believers there in Rome, which included Linus and the members of the British royal family, in essence, the leadership and those that believed in and practiced Paul's teachings were silenced by martyrdom.Recall how Jesus said," that the god of this world was not His God". I discussed this RE: BLOG 2 GODS. Satan, the Adversary, the "devil", by whatever name, the chosen ruler of this world by God has his ways. He is able to do anything he wishes, subject to God's approval, RE: JOB.
Paul is gone and so are the ardent followers of his. The confalgration Nero used to recreate Rome in his image was used by Satan to recreate "Christianity" in his image.
Now, there is the Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church, that has no relation whatsoever to that which Paul established. The truth has been manipulated by "man' in the unwitting service of the Adversary/Satan.
Luther came along and made some changes, and we had protestantism, but none reflect those of Paul's teachings, only those intended to put an end to nefarious practices of the Catholic Church, nor have ANY of those offspring protestant churches".. paulnbob
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