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The Roman Emperor Nero, who reigned from 37 AD to 68 AD.
Nero was a great persecutor of Christianity,
overseeing the throwing of Christians to the lions in the Colosseum,
amongst other things.
As a result, all Judeo-Christian historical accounts
of him are very biased,
accusing him of all manner of deeds such as the murder
of his mother and wife.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In July 64 AD, two-thirds of Rome burned
while Nero was at Antium.
Christian bi
sed versions of history
have usually held that
he either set the fire -
something that was impossible,
as he was not present -
or having played the fiddle while Rome
burned.
In fact the fiddle was not invented
until 1500 years after his death.
Nero claimed to have proof
that
Christians had set the fire,
and persecuted them even more vigorously
after the event</span>.
In contrast to his (Christian generated) image
of an uncaring madman,
he ordered that all the people made homeless
as a result of the fire be housed and provided with grain,
all at state expense.
He then had the city rebuilt with fire precautions.
Nero was also an accomplished artist and man of letters,
and personally acted in several important plays of the time.
He was also Emperor when the
J*wish revolt in Palesti
ne broke out,
another reason for the Judeo-Christian tradition
of hatred for him.
As a result of internal politics, in 68 AD,
the Gallic and Spanish legions, a
long with the Praetorian Guards,
rose against him, and he fled Rome.
Declared a public enemy by the Senate,
he committed suicide on 9 June 68 AD.
Persecution had however the opposite effect on a religion
which thrive
d on martyrdom -
after all, its leader had allegedly been martyred
by the pagan Romans as well.
Nonetheless, the new cult's missionaries -
who started calling themselves Christians
as the story about Jesus was built up over several years -
did in fact not have things all their own way.
The Christian religion did battle with a number
of other religions in the Middle East and in the Roman Empire -
only growing to be a large enough factor after 300 AD,
when the Emperor Galerius is
sued an Edict of Toleration in 311,
making Christianity legal in the Eastern part of the Empire.
CONSTANTINE'S CONVERSION
The Roman Emperor Constantine (208 - 337 A
D),
while engaged in a battle with a rival claimant to the throne
in 312 AD, claimed to have had a vision of a cross in the sky,
above which were written the words "In Hoc Signo Vinces" -
In this sign you will win.
He allegedly took this as a sign from the Christian God
that he would win i
f he converted to Christianity.
Constantine did win, and did officially convert to Christianity.
How true this story is and how much of it is fabrication
is hard to tell.
Possibly the only thing we can say is that it seems highly unlikely
that any supernatural sky writing took place,
and more possibly a bit of imagination
took over in the heat of battle.
Constantine then went on to issue the Edict of Milan in 313 AD,
which legalized Christianity throughout the Empire and placed
it on a par with all other religions -
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>and he himself, as emper
or,
became Pontifex Maximus of Christianity in particular.</span>
With the conversion of the Emperor of Rome to Christianity,
the by now established pattern of following the emperor's lead
in religious matters came to play,
and almost overnight Christianity became one of the
most popular religions within the Roman Empire.
"DONATION OF CONSTANTI
NE" -
ONE OF THE GREATEST FABRICATIONS OF ALL TIME
Constantine's conversion to Christianity is still shrouded in mystery
and led to the most famous forgery in European history,
that which became known as the Donation of Constantine.
This document purports to be a signed document by
Constantine
and its principal feature is to grant the bishop of Rome -
the Pope - temporal authority over the city of Rome
and the entire Roman Empire.
<
br>Although there are many glaring factual errors
in the text of the document, which by themselves show
the document to be a forgery,
the Donation of Constantine was accepted as genuine
until the 15th Century, and used by the Catholic Church
to claim political power in not only the Roman Empire
but also ultimately in all nominally Christian lands.
Eventually the Donation of Constantine was rejected as false -
but by then the Church had
established itself
in almost all of Europe,
power founded on a forgery.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>JULIAN THE APOSTATE TRIES TO
STEM CHRISTIANITY</span>
This trend was dramatically reversed by one of
Constantine's successors, the Emperor Julian
(called Julian the Apostate for his reject
ion of Christianity).
Julian was no Christian, and simply overturned Constantine's
adoption of Christianity as the state religion.
In doing this, Julian officially declared the pagan religions
to be the official Roman state religion,
relegating Christianity to cult status once again.
The European religions suddenly gained the upper hand
and Christianity started declining as quickly as it had risen.
The manner in which Julian reversed the Christianizing process
serves as an excellent instruction in the arbitrary way
in which the personal wishes of the emperor could
influence the whole empire.
Overnight, Julian changed t
he Roman Empire
back into a pagan value system.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~
Too bad it didnt stay thast way
and Zionism would have died by now.
After Julian's death, howev
er, the next emperor was again a Christian, and converted the empire back into a formal Christian state. The result was that from the year 395 AD Christianity became the legal, sole and official religion of the Roman Empire - about 500 years after many of its principles were crystallized by the Essenes and nearly 400 years after the leader whose name it took was alleged to have lived.
The Roman Emperor Nero, who reigned from 37 AD to 68 AD.
Nero was a great persecutor of Christianity,
overseeing the throwing of Christians to the lions in the Colosseum,
amongst other things.
As a result, all Judeo-Christian historical accounts
of him are very biased,
accusing him of all manner of deeds such as the murder
of his mother and wife.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In July 64 AD, two-thirds of Rome burned
while Nero was at Antium.
Christian bi
sed versions of history
have usually held that
he either set the fire -
something that was impossible,
as he was not present -
or having played the fiddle while Rome
burned.
In fact the fiddle was not invented
until 1500 years after his death.
Nero claimed to have proof
that
Christians had set the fire,
and persecuted them even more vigorously
after the event</span>.
In contrast to his (Christian generated) image
of an uncaring madman,
he ordered that all the people made homeless
as a result of the fire be housed and provided with grain,
all at state expense.
He then had the city rebuilt with fire precautions.
Nero was also an accomplished artist and man of letters,
and personally acted in several important plays of the time.
He was also Emperor when the
J*wish revolt in Palesti
ne broke out,
another reason for the Judeo-Christian tradition
of hatred for him.
As a result of internal politics, in 68 AD,
the Gallic and Spanish legions, a
long with the Praetorian Guards,
rose against him, and he fled Rome.
Declared a public enemy by the Senate,
he committed suicide on 9 June 68 AD.
Persecution had however the opposite effect on a religion
which thrive
d on martyrdom -
after all, its leader had allegedly been martyred
by the pagan Romans as well.
Nonetheless, the new cult's missionaries -
who started calling themselves Christians
as the story about Jesus was built up over several years -
did in fact not have things all their own way.
The Christian religion did battle with a number
of other religions in the Middle East and in the Roman Empire -
only growing to be a large enough factor after 300 AD,
when the Emperor Galerius is
sued an Edict of Toleration in 311,
making Christianity legal in the Eastern part of the Empire.
CONSTANTINE'S CONVERSION
The Roman Emperor Constantine (208 - 337 A
D),
while engaged in a battle with a rival claimant to the throne
in 312 AD, claimed to have had a vision of a cross in the sky,
above which were written the words "In Hoc Signo Vinces" -
In this sign you will win.
He allegedly took this as a sign from the Christian God
that he would win i
f he converted to Christianity.
Constantine did win, and did officially convert to Christianity.
How true this story is and how much of it is fabrication
is hard to tell.
Possibly the only thing we can say is that it seems highly unlikely
that any supernatural sky writing took place,
and more possibly a bit of imagination
took over in the heat of battle.
Constantine then went on to issue the Edict of Milan in 313 AD,
which legalized Christianity throughout the Empire and placed
it on a par with all other religions -
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>and he himself, as emper
or,
became Pontifex Maximus of Christianity in particular.</span>
With the conversion of the Emperor of Rome to Christianity,
the by now established pattern of following the emperor's lead
in religious matters came to play,
and almost overnight Christianity became one of the
most popular religions within the Roman Empire.
"DONATION OF CONSTANTI
NE" -
ONE OF THE GREATEST FABRICATIONS OF ALL TIME
Constantine's conversion to Christianity is still shrouded in mystery
and led to the most famous forgery in European history,
that which became known as the Donation of Constantine.
This document purports to be a signed document by
Constantine
and its principal feature is to grant the bishop of Rome -
the Pope - temporal authority over the city of Rome
and the entire Roman Empire.
<
br>Although there are many glaring factual errors
in the text of the document, which by themselves show
the document to be a forgery,
the Donation of Constantine was accepted as genuine
until the 15th Century, and used by the Catholic Church
to claim political power in not only the Roman Empire
but also ultimately in all nominally Christian lands.
Eventually the Donation of Constantine was rejected as false -
but by then the Church had
established itself
in almost all of Europe,
power founded on a forgery.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>JULIAN THE APOSTATE TRIES TO
STEM CHRISTIANITY</span>
This trend was dramatically reversed by one of
Constantine's successors, the Emperor Julian
(called Julian the Apostate for his reject
ion of Christianity).
Julian was no Christian, and simply overturned Constantine's
adoption of Christianity as the state religion.
In doing this, Julian officially declared the pagan religions
to be the official Roman state religion,
relegating Christianity to cult status once again.
The European religions suddenly gained the upper hand
and Christianity started declining as quickly as it had risen.
The manner in which Julian reversed the Christianizing process
serves as an excellent instruction in the arbitrary way
in which the personal wishes of the emperor could
influence the whole empire.
Overnight, Julian changed t
he Roman Empire
back into a pagan value system.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~
Too bad it didnt stay thast way
and Zionism would have died by now.
After Julian's death, howev
er, the next emperor was again a Christian, and converted the empire back into a formal Christian state. The result was that from the year 395 AD Christianity became the legal, sole and official religion of the Roman Empire - about 500 years after many of its principles were crystallized by the Essenes and nearly 400 years after the leader whose name it took was alleged to have lived.