On 2/3/06, Jon_Lincicum wrote: > Howard Brazee wrote: > > > >I've read how Jesus died, so I don't know what you are basing your > >likelihood upon. > > Yes, and it only took the Catholic Church 800 years or so after that to > decide whether Jesus had "become" god, or had just "gone to be with" god. > (A debate that still come up from time to time, actually.) > I've been reading up a bit on the history of the Church, and it was a lot earlier than 800 that that was decided by the Catholic Church. The first council of Nicea was 325, for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed As you say, there has been more than a little disagreement, both then and now, and skimming the above page (and subsidiary pages), the issue is rather confused, as one might well expect. But the Catholic Church and most mainstream Christians follow the Nicene Creed, which states outright that Jesus was "true God from true God". Which is... well, best not get into theological arguments here.