Re: BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM

On 26 Sep, 08:33, "Benjamin Cramer" <onlythetr...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The confusion began when Eusebius,
one of the most wily and mendacious of the Fathers of the Church, probably
told his fellow directors of the business, "Let's tell the suckers that
Vergil's fourth eclogue was a prediction of our Jesus: that'll wow'em!" He
then proceeded to put that imposture in the mouth of Constantine, to whom he
attributed it in one of his orations.

Quite why we should believe this malicious story -- nothing in the
historical record attributes such actions to Eusebius -- we are not
told.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

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