Interesting Questions-14
"The emperor's whim"
Letter to the Editor:
GOD'S MESSAGE, April 2006, p.4
I CAME ACROSS your magazine "Pasugo" (December
2003 issue) while I was in the lobby of my dentist's office. I
became curious and started to
browse the contents. I became particularly
interested in the article on page 16 where on it you quoted from
a book entitled Challenge of a Liberal Faith, p* 60. The
quote is as follows:
"The Council could not agree and after two years,
impatient at the delay the Emperor Constantine appeared and
addressed the assembly; ordering them to agree on the divinity of
Christ ...."
I have always wondered and at times even doubted
the teaching on the divinity of Christ but I never had the time to
do any research on it. I now use this quote to my relatives and
friends showing them that a Roman emperor was actually responsible
for influencing the ecumenical council that declared the divinity of
Christ-
I would like to thank you for opening my eyes and
helping me arrive at the truth, both historically and biblically.
Noelle de Leon
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Editor's reply:
We are happy to hear that were able to help you
arrive at the truth. The Christ-is-God doctrine is
indeed a man-made teaching formulated by the Catholic
council in Nicaea in 325 A.D., with the manipulation and
intervention of Emperor Constantine. The Bible, most of all is
replete with verses that prove that Christ is a man and
not God (John 8:40; I Tim. 2:5; Matt. 1:18 20; Hos,
11:9; Ezek. 28:2} .
By the way, we just wanted to point out for
your information the quote, "The Council could not agree and
after two years...." In some references, it states that the
Council convened for only two months. In fact, in a book entitled
History of the Church Through The Ages Robert H.
Brumback it states that the Council of Nicaea deliberated for
merely "sixty-seven days" and not two years. Also,
remember that the Council of Nicaea convened in 325 A.D. and the
Nicene Creed was completed in the same year. We
used the reference simply to show
the intervention of the emperor and that it was he who ordered the
bishops to agree on the divinity of Christ.
We hope that the Lord will
continue to guide you so that you will continue to be
enlightened. If you have any questions or comments, feel free
to visit the Iglesia ni Cristo congregation nearest you.
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