to spread Christianity support the development of the religion. In the development of Christianity‚ many famous people had contributed to spread God’s words. Emperor Constantine played an influential role in promoting the development of Christianity. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. His conversion to Christianity was a milestone in the development of the religion.
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301 Research Exercise 2 1. The Conversion of Constantine Constantine is viewed as one of the greatest men to ever live. According to the Orthodox Church‚ they consider him as great as the holy Apostles. Writer of Church and Empire‚ John Meyendorff states‚ “No single human being in history has contributed…to the conversion of so many to the Christian faith.” [1] Similar to the thoughts of Meyendorf‚ Hardenbrook writes in his article the fact that Constantine was able to make such a huge impact
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Castration was typically carried out on the soon-to-be eunuch without his consent in order that he might perform a specific social function; this was common in many societies. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 21st century BC.[1][2] Over the millennia since‚ they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures: courtiers or equivalent domestics‚ treble singers‚ religious specialists‚ government officials
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emperors Constantine and Linicius. It established toleration for Christianity in the Roman Empire permanently. The Edict of Milan granted freedom to everyone to worship whatever god they pleased. It allowed Christians legal rights including the right to organize churches‚ and directed the rapid return of confiscated property to Christians. After years of Christians being persecuted‚ the emperor is now a Christian and Christianity becomes the civil religion of Rome. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity
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organised a mass baptism in the Dnieper for his followers‚ and ordered that a church would be built on the hill where his pantheon had once stood. The conversion of Vladimir to Christianity should be seen more as a political event than a religious expedition for change and prosperity. Christianity‚ although‚ well-known in the lands of Rus prior to the conversion was not the only opinion for the civilians of the capital‚ but it does appear to be the means that Vladimir secured his legitimacy of the throne
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Civilization in the Early Middle Ages‚ 750-1000 1) Describe the contribution of the Muslims and the Vikings to Early European civilizations. Muslims: The first great wave of Muslim expansion had ended at the beginning of the eighth century. Gradually‚ the Muslims built up a series of sea bases in their occupied territories in North Africa‚ Spain‚ and Southern Gaul and began a new series of attacks in the Mediterranean in the ninth century. They raided the southern coasts of Europe‚ especially
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The key to writing an effective research paper‚ regardless of whether you are in high school‚ college‚ or graduate school‚ is a good thesis statement. A good thesis statement should be concise‚ direct‚ and must state a point of view. A thesis statement can’t be a fact‚ because the whole point of a research paper is to argue a point‚ and you can’t argue your thesis if it’s a fact. Perhaps the hardest thing about writing a good thesis statement is narrowing down a broad topic to a clear thesis that
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was resolved under Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 CE. Constantine converted to Christianity based on a claimed battlefield vision‚ although during his reign he built memorials to other Roman Gods and even the Sun. His support of Christianity was very political as evidenced by the near 2000 people he invited to the Counsel of Nicaea to determine various religious argument within Christianity‚ not the least of which was declaring Jesus as part of trine
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Eusebius of Caesarea lived from 260 until 337. He was a gentile Christian who lived in Palestine. Eusebius was bewildered about Jewish Christians who still continued living in his day. He accepted the view that they detained theological views and observed practices. These were ‘different from those of orthodox and fourth century Christians’ . As stated above the Ebionities were a group of Jewish Christians. The name Ebionities ‘comes from the Hebrew for poor men’ . Eusebius recognised
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been “an incident in Byzantine history with which the church of St. Sophia is not associated.”1 The Church of the Divine Wisdom has a long and storied history‚ much of it drenched in the blood of those who died fighting over it. On May 28‚ 1453‚ Constantine XI entered Hagia Sophia to pray while the crowning jewel of his empire‚ Constantinople‚ was being raided and burned by Mehmed II‚ a Muslim invader with an extensive army at his back. The emperor prayed at the church before climbing back atop the
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