https://youtu.be/-xHJeFVTaf0

I think his point is that still he isnt a good reference for theology

Independently of other virtues

His making him out to be a heretic is where I draw the line. He could be right about the other matter, but not this.

He didn't say he was a heretic

Constantine was an Emperor, not a theologian. That's something we should all keep in mind.

I think Dant is getting that from, "Constantine is also not someone to base anything theological on, considering he favored the Arians and was baptized by an Arian."

Saying he favored Arians is a stretch though

He favored them relatively to many others

But that's like saying we shouldn't base any theology on Eusebius because he favored Arians relatively more than many others

We also use Tertullian and Origen for theology today even though they were both heretics

Constantine is no theologian, but he's certainly not a heretic

he was not baptized by an Arian

He was baptised by a former Arian who accepted the council(s) that condemned Arius

^^^

That too

MFW been accused of donatism by a boomed Australian papist but denying Constantine's baptism is actually donatist

Well an Arian baptism may not be valid because the trinitarian formula doesn't mean the same thing

It would be a baptism of, "The father, creature, and creature." Or "The father, creature, and Holy Spirit."

That's an issue certainly

No baptism outside the church anyway tbh

As long as the baptism is done with the correct formula is valid, which is why there is one baptism and it is wrotten how people who joined the Church from mildly heretical groups werent rebaptized

@Mozalbete ⳩ Yeah, but it's not a magical use of words, otherwise it would have to be said in Koine or maybe Aramaic

IE, if the meaning is changed, then it isn't the same thing

When an Arian says "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," they do not mean the same thing as us

Mormons are peak example

Of course

Yeah, okay, I had only heard/read he was baptized by an Arian and personally agreed more with them, but if the baptizer was only a former Arian that makes a lot more sense.
Even if he had been a heretic, of course God used him as a tool for legalizing and promoting the faith. I would never describe him as a heretic. I imagine him more as someone who was struggling to make sense of the theology and getting caught between the factions without any sort of grounding

My point, as such, was that we should not take his example of deathbed baptism over the many scriptural examples of immediate baptism on conversion or shortly after birth

Fair enough. My apologies for my initial reaction.

ahem

FUCK NIGGERS

Although they only make up 13% of the population

Black people are, more often than not, either thugs or more based than most white people.

Commie Antifa at work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYZ1bkzyE8

Is it bad that I literally can't emotionally sympathize with cops anymore?

why not

I just can't sympathize with any authority figure anymore that keeps this shit running.

What are your thoughts on vaccines? I personally ask for civility iwth answers for God's sake (literally).