❌ 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