The book, “The DaVinci Code” made many claims about Jesus and Christianity that simply are not historically true. Most all of them are EASILY proven wrong. But somehow, even years after its release, many people, EVEN CHRISTIANS, forget that book was fiction! Here’s an interesting look at one claim made by that book that has often been accepted as true.
Council of Nicaea occurred in 325 A.D. It was a gathering of the Christian Bishops from all over the world to unify Christianity, and was commissioned by Emperor Constantine. The widely held belief today is that this Council met to compile and essentially create the Bible. This belief is presented as fact in “The DaVinci Code.”
This is one of the biggest attacks against scripture today. Today one of the biggest complaints against the accuracy of scripture is the fact that it didn’t even exist until 325 years after the death of Jesus Christ. How can the Bible be taken as word-for-word, fact-for-fact accurate if it wasn’t even around for 325 years AFTER Jesus walked the earth. People say it was just handed down stories, and probably changed a million times by then. We can’t believe it to be word for word true, right? I mean, come on! 325 years?!?! Hmm.
Marcion was an anti-Semitic. He made it his life’s work to get all Jewish people and influences out of the scriptures. He claimed to be a believer, funny enough. Imagine believing in Jesus and trying to get the Jews out of the New Testament! Anyways, he decides to do this. So he compiles lists and writings about scripture that he believes should be taken out and destroyed to remove all Jewish influence. He decides to use only one of the Gospels: Luke. Why? Luke was written by a Gentile. Anyway, He has all these writings dissecting scripture and listing the books of the Bible that he wants thrown out.
Why is that so interesting? Here’s why. Marcion did his writing in, wait for it….. wait for it…. 140 A.D.! That’s 185 years BEFORE the council of Nicaea!
What does that mean to you? Satan used Marcion to attack Jesus and the Christian movement as we know it. Had Marcion succeeded, odds our the church would not exist. What Satan meant for evil, however, has now been used by God for good! In our modern times the accuracy of scripture is under attack, specifically for its timeline. Many say the Bible didn’t exist until over three centuries after Jesus walked the earth. And yet God is now using this historically evil incident as proof positive that the Bible is accurate and trustworthy! Marcion’s own writings prove the Bible existed LONG before the Council of Nicaea! (It has been proven that there were written accounts of scripture within 5 years of Jesus’ life. Copies of many books of the New Testament have been found as far away as Northern Africa within only 20 years of Jesus’ life!)
Whatever you go through in your life, or whatever you have been through in your life, God will use it for good. Romans 8:28 says, (Say it with me everyone!), “All things work together for good to them that love the Lord.” Even the things in your life that you shudder to remember will one day be woven into a beautiful masterpiece by our Grand Weaver. God is working in you! Believe it!
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The Good, The Bad, and the DaVinci Code
The Good, The Bad, And the DaVinci Code
The book, “The DaVinci Code” made many claims about Jesus and Christianity that simply are not historically true. Most all of them are EASILY proven wrong. But somehow, even years after its release, many people, EVEN CHRISTIANS, forget that book was fiction! Here’s an interesting look at one claim made by that book that has often been accepted as true. Council of Nicaea occurred in 325 A.D. It was a gathering of the Christian Bishops from all over the world to unify Christianity, and was commissioned by Emperor Constantine. The widely held belief today is that this Council met to compile and essentially create the Bible. This belief is presented as fact in “The DaVinci Code.”
This is one of the biggest attacks against scripture today. Today one of the biggest complaints against the accuracy of scripture is the fact that it didn’t even exist until 325 years after the death of Jesus Christ. How can the Bible be taken as word-for-word, fact-for-fact accurate if it wasn’t even around for 325 years AFTER Jesus walked the earth. People say it was just handed down stories, and probably changed a million times by then. We can’t believe it to be word for word true, right? I mean, come on! 325 years?!?! Hmm.
Marcion was an anti-Semitic. He made it his life’s work to get all Jewish people and influences out of the scriptures. He claimed to be a believer, funny enough. Imagine believing in Jesus and trying to get the Jews out of the New Testament! Anyways, he decides to do this. So he compiles lists and writings about scripture that he believes should be taken out and destroyed to remove all Jewish influence. He decides to use only one of the Gospels: Luke. Why? Luke was written by a Gentile. Anyway, He has all these writings dissecting scripture and listing the books of the Bible that he wants thrown out.
Why is that so interesting? Here’s why. Marcion did his writing in, wait for it….. wait for it…. 140 A.D.! That’s 185 years BEFORE the council of Nicaea!
What does that mean to you? Satan used Marcion to attack Jesus and the Christian movement as we know it. Had Marcion succeeded, odds our the church would not exist. What Satan meant for evil, however, has now been used by God for good! In our modern times the accuracy of scripture is under attack, specifically for its timeline. Many say the Bible didn’t exist until over three centuries after Jesus walked the earth. And yet God is now using this historically evil incident as proof positive that the Bible is accurate and trustworthy! Marcion’s own writings prove the Bible existed LONG before the Council of Nicaea! (It has been proven that there were written accounts of scripture within 5 years of Jesus’ life. Copies of many books of the New Testament have been found as far away as Northern Africa within only 20 years of Jesus’ life!)
Whatever you go through in your life, or whatever you have been through in your life, God will use it for good. Romans 8:28 says, (Say it with me everyone!), “All things work together for good to them that love the Lord.” Even the things in your life that you shudder to remember will one day be woven into a beautiful masterpiece by our Grand Weaver. God is working in you! Believe it!