Nothing New Under the

Sun: Church History

Applied Today

Part 4: The “Evil” Constantine

Letter to Danbury Baptists ~1802

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies

solely between Man & his God, that he owes account

to none other for his faith or his worship, that the

legitimate powers of government reach actions only, &

not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence

that act of the whole American people which declared

that their legislature should "make no law respecting an

establishment of religion, or prohibiting

the free exercise thereof," thus building

a wall of separation between Church &

State. ~Pres. Thomas Jefferson

This is Modalism

Where we are going

• Week 1: Why Church History Matters

• Week 2: The “Emerging” Church (AD 64-200)

• Week 3: The Oppression of the System

(AD 200-312)

• Week 4: The “Evil” Constantine (AD 312-381)

• Week 5: The “One True Church” (AD 381-430)

• Week 6: The Bishop of Rome (AD 430-600)