According to the tradition Constantine had a vision in which Jesus showed him the sign of the cross with the command “in this sign conquer”.
How does this reconcile with Jesus’s command to love enemies?
>> “But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,”
Matthew 5:44 NET
Or Jesus’s command that his kingdom isn’t one that will come through violence?
>>>“Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.””
John 18:36 NET
Could this be a different Jesus that appeared to Constantine? One that Paul warns about in his letter to the Corinthians
>> “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!”
2 Corinthians 11:4 NET
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Mar 31, 2025, 06:12 AM
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