10 Most Evil People of the 4th Century CE | Pope Paul I of Constantinople

Key Facts

Other names	Saint Paul, Paulus I, St. Paul the Confessor
Born	287
Location
Bloodline	Eusebius
Married	Yes
Children	Maximus of Constantinople
Position	2nd Imperial Patriarch of Christianity (337-350)
Died	350 (aged 63)

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

Son of Eusebius, (later Pope Alexander, the first Imperial Patriarch and Pope of Christianity). Traditionally listed as the "secretary" to Pope Alexander in order to mask his position as son.

The history concerning Paul has been substantially altered since the 12th and 13th Centuries by the Roman Cult to minimize his significance and to falsely asset a tyrannical reign, including the untrue inclusion of ficticious patriarchs to break up his clear authority.

The rise to power of Paul remains riddled with controversy. His father Eusebius died suddenly at the end of 337 not long after the death of Emperor Constantine. Given the Patriarch was principally the most senior "vizier" to the Emperor, it is probable this happened at the same time.

The son of Constantine -- Constantius II (337-361) was immediately declared Emperor. However, Paul was not immediately appointed Patriarch and Vizier. Instead, Constantius II immediately undertook a military campaign to capture and execute his relatives. The active pursuit of Emperor Constantius II to arrest and execute his half-brothers and sisters via the line of Constantius Chlorus strongly implies they may have had a hand in the death of his father.

In 338 when Constantius returned from executing his likely treacherous relatives he declared Pope Paul the new Patriarch. In some of the revisions of history published by the Roman cult over the centuries since it is absurdly claimed his "father" somehow became the next Patriarch, while Paul was deemed "unfit".

To further mask the authority and respect of Paul as the 2nd Patriarch of Christianity, Roman Cult historians have even embellished the story complete with ficticious Bishops such as Theognis of Nicaea, Theodorus of Heraclea to claim they had Paul removed in favour of Macedonius as the new Patriarch of Constantinople.

The reverse is almost certainly true, with wholesale rebellion amongst certain Boethusian sects forced to "convert" to the Imperial religion of Christianity. Part of the historic legacy attributed to Paul is probably how he brutally dealt with division amongst the Christian Church leaders during his reign. His legacy would be the emergence of the first breakaway Christian sect- the Coptic Church.

When Eusebius died in 341, Constantius was in Antioch. Paul returned to Constantinople and once again installed himself as Pope. In competition, Theognis of Nicaea, Theodorus of Heraclea, and others consecrated Macedonius as the new Pope of Constantinople and a war erupted between the militia of Paul and the rest of the eastern church.

As head vizier of the Emperor, the ridiculous claim that Paul somehow defied his Lord to rally some kind of military action to kill General Hermogenes is one of the more transparent lies associated with the life of the Patriarch.

Not content, his later life is a full of lies abd misdirections as his earlier reign. He is said to have attacked a ficticious Pope called Macedonius, while the Emperor was "away". His end is claimed to have been through an act of trickery by Philippus, prefect of the East who had him executed.

In all probability, Paul died peacefully in Constantinople. He was succeeded by his son Maximus I.


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