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You sometimes hear people claim that the Catholic Church was founded by the Emperor Constantine, who reigned in the early 300s.
If so, the Catholic Church could not be the original Church founded by Jesus.
That's precisely why this claim is made.
But it's a false claim.
As I reveal in this video, the Catholic Church existed long before Constantine came on the scene.
What about the related claim that Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
That's not true either.
Watch the video for more!
To learn more about this, you should get my best-selling book, The Fathers Know Best at
You sometimes hear people claim that the Catholic Church was founded by the Emperor Constantine, who reigned in the early 300s.
If so, the Catholic Church could not be the original Church founded by Jesus.
That's precisely why this claim is made.
But it's a false claim.
As I reveal in this video, the Catholic Church existed long before Constantine came on the scene.
What about the related claim that Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
That's not true either.
Watch the video for more!
To learn more about this, you should get my best-selling book, The Fathers Know Best at
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Who is Jimmy Akin?Jimmy Akin is an internationally known author and speaker. As the senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has over 20 years of experiencing defending and explaining the Christian faith. Akin has background in the Bible, theology, the Church Fathers
philosophy, canon law, and liturgy.
What is Catholic?The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church. This is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide, as of 2016. As one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, it has played a
prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation. The church is headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope. Its central administration, the Holy See, is in the Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy. Catholic theology is based on the Nicene Creed.
Who was Ignatius?Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 AD) was an early Christian writer and bishop of Antioch. En route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters. This correspondence now forms a central part of the later collection known as the
Apostolic Fathers, of which he is considered one of the three chief ones together with Pope Clement I and Polycarp.
What is the Church?A church is a building used for Christian worship services and Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 AD and 256 AD. The word church also describes a body or assembly of Christian
believers, while "the Church" refers to the worldwide Christian religious community.
