❌ What Did Not Exist Before 313 AD:
❌ No “Roman Catholic Church”

❌ No papacy

❌ No Vatican

❌ No Constantine-built churches

❌ No state-sponsored Christianity

❌ No Sunday laws backed by Rome

❌ No canonized New Testament as we know it



✅ What Did Exist Before 313 AD:
✅ Small groups of believers (many Jewish, Aramaic-speaking)

✅ Assemblies (Ekklesia) in homes, caves, wilderness

✅ Hebrew Gospel preached by the disciples of Yeshua (Jesus)

✅ Nazarene sect — followers of the Way, keeping Torah and faith in Messiah

✅ Fierce persecution by both Rome and religious Jews

✅ Competing messages: Paul’s letters vs. disciples’ original teachings

✅ No unified doctrine — letters and gospels were passed around locally

There Was No Roman Church Before Constantine in 313 AD