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To: Dayuhan who wrote (24727)	8/30/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Christianity didn't become the State Religion of Rome under Constantine. His wife was a Christian and he may have been one. What he did is sign the third of a series of Edicts of Toleration. Christianity became the State Religion several emperors later, and Christian Rome lasted as long as Rome did: about 50 more years. You and Christine think it took centuries to work out fundamental Christian doctrine mostly because you don't know what the debates were about. Councils were convened in response to new teachings that conflicted with established doctrine. Had there been no established doctrine there could have been no controversy; controversy was only possible because there was a doctrine for it to conflict with. The transmission of the scriptures and Christian teaching passed from the apostolic fathers, to their students, to their students' students. Go look at the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers. There are 38 volumes of their letters that still exist. Anyone interested in learning about this issue can read JND Kelly's Early Christian Doctrines, a classic work on the subject. 500 pages of fine print, and knowledge of Greek helps.