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The First Council of Nicaea was in 325 and that was the one which (kind of) prohibited Arianism. The Second Council of Nicaea was in 787 and was to do with the permissibility of rendering doulia to icons.

Council of Nicaea (I). My greatx55-grandfather never really understood the whole Arian thing; I remember him telling me as a young boy, "Matthew, I never really understood the whole Arian thing." So there you have it.

It was 381 (Theodosius making Christianity de facto the state religion). But no-one who claims that the 4th century is when it all started to go horribly wrong has explained how this happened. I ask again: which novel heretical doctrines did Constantine (or for that matter Theodosius) impose...

It stems from the historical notion that government ministers are the servants of the Crown*, an archaism but one that seems to have embedded itself to a degree in our constitutional culture; if you add into that the concept that ministers are also accountable to the House of Commons, the...

TS, do you mean Landmarkists/ Successionists?

Yes and no. The poor man (let's drop the whole race thing) doesn't have the degree of access to working capital that the rich man has, for example. He would tend if he comes from the poor part of town to not have as good an education and thus his potential is not so realised, etc But if you...

Why Connie though? (BTW, I'm descended from him; he's my 55th great-grandfather so :tongue3:)

Re the thread title: 'probably' is the answer. Regional nuclear war in time for Christmas - possibly.

People are still being coy about what they voted for and why...

Let's take another example: is a poor black boy born on the wrong side of the railroad tracks as economically free as a white boy with white-collar parents? Does he have the same equality of opportunity? Can private finance (either via the churches or other charitable bodies) effectively change...

I ask again: in what way is a poor man as free as a rich man? Also, the categories stated by TS may not be mutually exclusive. For example, a government-run, taxpayer-funded healthcare system may well result in the poor man being more economically free: if he has a condition requiring medical...

What time? It's very important.

So which bishops did the BBC appoint, and which new and heterodox doctrines did he come up with?

Oooh, someone's gone for 'another date' - who was that, what date was it and why?

Then when do you say it started up and how?

But you still haven't defined socialism. You see, I'm not sure I would class any current European government as 'socialist' because, as I understand the term, in its pure form it means common or state ownership of the means of production, and I don't know of any European government who still...

I think you've amply proved Andre's point with this.

OK, so far we have one vote for Big Bad Constantine and one (by me) for 1054 And All That. Would the person who voted for The Big C please tell me why s/he did it?

I thought he was a Methodist?

Why does 'secular' equate to 'socialist' in your mind? And please define the latter term.