What particular things do you object to about the Catholic Church? And what about the Orthodox Church? And what has this to do with St. Constantine?
Well, I think the Catholics think too much of Mary.The Bible does not say the Mary was Divine or anything like that.I'm not sure if that's what the Catholics believe about her.I'm not sure exactly what they believe about her, but I'm pretty sure that they think too much of her.Even though she was the one Jesus was born through, she was just a person like anyone else.Jesus is the One that should be lifted up, not her, and not anyone else.
I think the Catholics also taught the unBiblical doctrine that people who participated in the crusades could earn forgiveness of sin, or something like that.I think they also said that anyone killed while on a crusade was guarunteed entrance into Heaven.The Bible does not teach these things.
I don't really know too much about the beliefs of the Orthodox Church.But I suspect that they too have doctrines that do not completely agree with God's Word.
Your question about Constantine;People were talking about why so many Christians never mention him, seeing as how he did so much to help Christianity.I was just saying that it's possible that his vision was given by Satan to cause Rome to be good to the Church and ultimately to cause it to be corrupted, as it was.That's just a theory.
I also don't see why you all have bypassed my point.
The Catholic church compiled the bible.
If it wasn't for the Catholic church, the bible itself wouldn't exist to begin with. More importantly than that, they ensured Christianity would be spread throughout Europe. The british would have never been Christian were it not for the Catholic missionaries converting that island, and thus, were it not for them, the British would have not been Christian when they came to the new world.
So, by effect, you (supposing you're American) probably would not have been Christian. Constantine was extremely critical to making Christianity the religion of Europe.
It is good that they compiled the Bible, even though they may have distorted it, and it may be good, in some ways, that Constantine helped to spread Christianity.And it may be true that some people(including me)that are Christians would not be Christians had it not been for those things.
But my point is that the Catholic Church has doctrinal error.If there had never been anyone who rose up to oppose that doctrinal error, then I might still be a Christian, but then I might be a Catholic, and thus, might not really be saved.