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of Constantine. Now sole Emperor, he saw in the one catholic
church the best means of counteracting the movement in his vast
empire toward disintegration, and he at once realized how
dangerous dogmatic strife might be to its unity. Constantine had
no understanding of the questions at issue . . . He summoned a
general council (the Nicene Council). ...It was finally decided
against Arius. ...Constantine accepted the decision of the
council, and resolved to uphold it."
Thus it was CONSTANTINE---the "BEAST"---who injected and
introduced into the church the idea of a BOARD to decide
doctrine, and to rule.
Thus it was that CONSTANTINE made doctrine, as decided by a
higher-up BOARD, the basis of fellowship and unity in the Church!
Jesus never said "By this shall all men KNOW that ye are my
disciples---if ye all speak the same thing the BOARD OF THE
TWELVE vote on." That is the policy of some today---but it is NOT
BIBLE POLICY! Jesus said we should be known to be in the true
Church IF WE HAVE LOVE one to another! And doctrine has only
brought STRIFE!
In the next century, came the PAPACY in full bloom, starting
the idea that the CHURCH is an ORGANIZATION having CHURCH
GOVERNMENT!
Listen to authentic history! In the Encyclopedia of Biblical,
Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, Vol. 7, page 629, we
read:
"The first pope, in the real sense of the word, was Leo I.
(440-461 A.D.)" To him the plan of government of the Roman Empire
was an obsession. He applied and adapted that form of government
to the church, forming the PAPACY.
Myers Ancient History, says:
The Church (under Leo I,) set up "within the Roman Empire,
an ecclesiastical STATE (government) which, in its constitution and
its administrative system, was shaping itself upon the IMPERIAL
MODEL."
Truly, an IMAGE OF THE BEAST!
Thus was CHURCH GOVERNMENT introduced into the Western world
a century after Constantine (the "BEAST") injected the idea of
church BOARDS to decide what doctrines the rest of the church must
believe. And thus the very PRINCIPLE of CHURCH GOVERNMENT becomes
THE IMAGE TO THE BEAST!
The whole thing is FALSE! It is NOT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE!
It is part of BABYLON! Those who are IN, and MEMBERS of such an
organized church government, submitting to doctrines declared by
unscriptural boards as a fellowship test, are IN BABYLON, and
actually worshippers of THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST! And God is calling
us, HIS people OUT of BABYLON today, before it is too late---before
the PLAGUES fall!
Brethren, let us have the courage to accept the TRUTH, and to
COME OUT!
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH
Finally, what is the very PURPOSE of he New Testament Church?
Is it to BUILD AN ORGANIZATION?
Let us, now, finally understand it.
The first kingdom and government was set up by Nimrod---the
first ancient Babylon (Genesis 10). The Devil is the god of this