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This is the standard interpretation. E.g. link: Arius proposed that if the Father begat the Son, the latter must have had a beginning, that there was a time when he was not, and that his substance was from nothing like the rest of creation. The Council of Nicea, a gathering similar to the one described in Acts 15:4-22, condemned the beliefs of Arius and wrote the first version of the now famous creed proclaiming that the Son was "one in being with the Father" by use of the Greek word "homoousius." Quote:
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We have reasonable historical documentary evidence that leads us to believe that there was a Christian movement before Constantine, and that Constantine did not need to invent a new religion out of whole cloth. Your alternative hypothesis has no particular evidence or logic behind it. |
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