Constantine the Great is arguably the most pivotal figure in the history of Christendom. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to publicly state his Christianity‚ as a result he granted religious freedom to all‚ he granted bishops a status equal to senators‚ in effect making them officers of the state. 1 Constantine also financed new copies of the Bible‚ used Christian symbols on his currency‚ introduced Christian ideals into the Roman statutes to protect children‚ slaves‚ and prisoners; and
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Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ also known as Constantine the Great‚ is believed to have been born sometime between the years 274 and 288. He was born in Naissus‚ which is now known as Nisch Serbia‚ to the Roman officer Constantius Chlorus. Constantius belonged to one of the Leading families of Moesia and his mother was a niece of the capable and soldierly Claudius‚ the conqueror of the Goths. Constantine’s mother Helena is said to have been the daughter of an innkeeper o Drepanum‚ and later
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Constantine the Great Flavius Valerius Constantinus {II}‚ otherwise known as Constantine or even Constantine the Great‚ was born in 280 in Naissus Moesia (which is now modern day Syria). His father the original Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ was an officer for the Roman Empire. His mother’s name was Helena. We don’t know much about her. All we know is that she was a Christian from the beginning. When Constantine grew older they sent him to the court of Diocletian. Diocletian was the emperor of the
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some) Saint Constantine 1st for it was he who having succeeded Emperor Diocletian lifted all injunctions and restrictions against Christians and declared Christianity‚ in all but name‚ the official religion of Rome. Many people believe that Constantine was just a nominal Christian and it is true that paganism remained buoyant throughout Rome for many generations‚ and it is equally true that Constantine was baptized at the very last minute on his death-bed. However it was Constantine who paved the
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Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ also known as Constantine the Great‚ is believed to have been born sometime between the years 274 and 288. He was born in Naissus‚ which is now known as Nisch Serbia‚ to the Roman officer Constantius Chlorus. Constantius belonged to one of the Leading families of Moesia and his mother was a niece of the capable and soldierly Claudius‚ the conqueror of the Goths. Constantine’s mother Helena is said to have been the daughter of an innkeeper o Drepanum‚ and later
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At the time and throughout his life‚ Constantine was not a Christian convert until immediately prior to his death. But he had been known prior to the battle and subsequently‚ as one who did not favor persecution of the Christians. He was not the first to advocate this tolerance of Christians‚ as part of a political tactic. It is also difficult to understand why Constantine would pursue the political course of declaring Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. The path to political power in
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The degree of change that Constantine caused in the church can be illustrated by looking at the lives of two bishops of Rome. In the year 314 A.D. Emperor Constantine crowned Ylvester as Bishop of Rome. Silvestre lived in luxury with servants helping him at any time. Constantine confessed his sins to Silvestre and asked for his advice. He presided over Church council and had the power‚ prestige‚ wealth‚ pomp and the favor of the Emperor. Explanation of both the disintegration of the West and the
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Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus was one of few who went to the extremes of killing his own family members just to keep his new booming Empire up and running. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D. until 337 A.D. During Constantine the Great’s thirty-one years of ruling‚ he influenced the Roman Empire that affected the Roman people in a virtuous way. He strengthened Christianity in Rome and was a martyr in making Christianity a respected religion
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threats to the government as they questioned the ways of the Roman government and the Jewish establishment. Over time‚ Christianity went from being a widely persecuted and looked-down upon religion to being widely accepted following the conversion of Constantine. Around the time of Jesus’s birth and rise to prominence‚ Jewish people in the Roman empire were being widely oppressed and exiled‚ sent into diaspora and shunned from their home in Judea and sent to Babylonia. They were publicly insulted
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persecuted but with the relaxation of laws‚ there resulted in a steady conversion of the populace of Roman Empire even though roughly 10 percent by the year 300 AD were Christian1. This is why there was such surprise in the year 312 AD when the emperor Constantine told his forces to paint the Chi-Rho symbol on their shields before the battle of Milvian Bridge. It was not however until 380 that Christianity was made the official state religion during the reign of Theodosius but what pre Roman Christian values
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