How would you answer these 3 objections?

[SoulRebel111]

The change of the date of Passover in the first council (Nicea) was clearly in conflict with scripture. It was absolutely called by Emperor Constantine, and the Bishop of Rome did not attend.

1.Constantine in fact did impose dogma on the council. You may wish to study more into that.

2.In the second council (Constantinople) the death penalty was decreed for those who followed the Passover practices of Jesus, the Apostle John, Bishop Polycarp, etc. The Bishop of Rome did not attend that council either.

3.BTW, I teach that AFTER the resurrection, those who have not had an opportunity for salvation will receive it and most will accept Christ. That was the position of the early church (sometimes called apocatastasis). When it was abandoned, the doctrine of purgatory was adopted by the Church of Rome.

Many Eastern Orthodox still believe in the doctrine of apocatastasis.

 

[Mark77]

You teach? HUH???

Only Jesus can teach or confer the authority to teach.
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“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Mt 16:19)
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Who gave you the authority to teach??? Jesus???

Maybe you should try to learn first.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

mark

 

[inkaneer]

The change of the date of Passover in the first council (Nicea) was clearly in conflict with scripture. It was absolutely called by Emperor Constantine, and the Bishop of Rome did not attend.

The Emperor requested Pope Sylvester to call a council and paid for it even providing the place. His purpose in doing so was to maintain civil order in the empire as the Arian heresy was dividing it into armed camps. Pope Sylvewster did not attend but sent his legates to act on his behalf. As for Passover that date was not changed. The decision was when Easter was to be celebrated. Two opinions were 1. it should follow the Jewish Passover in which Easter could occur any day of the week or 2. That it should always fall on a Sunday because the Lord’s resurrection ocurred on Sunday. Obviously #2 won out as Easter is celebrated on Sunday ever since.

1.Constantine in fact did impose dogma on the council. You may wish to study more into that.

Constantine requested the council. He paid for it and provided a place for it. He made a grand entrance. He then let the bishops work out the doctrinal problems. He did not impose doctrine on the council as Constantine was an Arian and the Arian heresy was condemned.

2.In the second council (Constantinople) the death penalty was decreed for those who followed the Passover practices of Jesus, the Apostle John, Bishop Polycarp, etc. The Bishop of Rome did not attend that council either.

The second council is only recognized for four of its canons and no death penalty is included. As for the bishop of Rome not attending I say, “so what”? The bishop of Rome does not have to attend the council. He can send representatives which by the way most popes have handled councils. I think you are trying to make a mountain out of a flat plain.

3.BTW, I teach that AFTER the resurrection, those who have not had an opportunity for salvation will receive it and most will accept Christ. That was the position of the early church (sometimes called apocatastasis). When it was abandoned, the doctrine of purgatory was adopted by the Church of Rome.

The doctrine of apocatastasis was first stated by Origen and is one of the reasons Origen is not a saint. The doctrine was formally condemned in the first of the famous anathemas pronounced at the Council of Constantinople in 543. If you are teaching it you are teaching heresy. I recommend that you cease teaching heresy.

Many Eastern Orthodox still believe in the doctrine of apocatastasis.

If so they are believing in heresy and contradicting a council that they accept as valid.

 

[SoulRebel111]

thank you very much brother.