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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4654084, member: 19463&quot;]Magnentius was particularly appealing to the Western Christians who followed the Bishop of Rome (Pope) in the orthodox position.&nbsp; Constantius II was educated by a tutor selected by his father but who was Arian as were many in the East. As emperor, Constantius tried to work out a compromise to unite all Christians but both sides were happier supporting a pagan like Magnentius rather than the sell out Constantius.&nbsp; The history of the world would have been spared a lot of ugly chapters had religious leaders been willing to look for similarities rather than differences.&nbsp; In 385 the very Orthodox Magnus Maximus executed Priscillian and his followers for heretical beliefs including a few which I copy from Wikipedia:</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">receiving the Eucharist in the church but eating it at home or in the conventicle; women joining with men during the time of prayer; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting" rel="nofollow">fasting</a> even on Sunday; and meditating at home or in the mountains instead of attending church during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent" rel="nofollow">Lent</a>.</span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillian" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillian</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianism</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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