I’ve read several books lately that suggest that the belief in reincarnation was common in the early Christian Church and was suppressed around the time of Constantine. Has anyone else come across this?
My brother (Fr. Eric Filmer) recently posted a short but comprehensive explanation of the Catholic view about reincarnation in the Ask an Apologist forum:
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