Dating the Church at Megiddo 3rd Century

This MSN article dates the church decades before Constantine. Here is an excerpt. See more at the link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9950210/

 

Archaeologists said the church dated from the third century, decades before Constantine legalized Christianity across the Byzantine Empire......

The inscription, which specifies that Aketous donated a table to the church, indicates the house of worship predated the Byzantine era, when Christians began using altars in place of tables in their rituals, Tepper said. Remnants of a table were uncovered between the two mosaics.