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    During the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (306–337 AD), Christianity began to transition to the dominant religion of the Roman Empire...
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    The religious policies of Constantine the Great have been called "ambiguous and elusive.": 120  Born in 273 during the Crisis of the Third Century (AD...
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    Edict of Milan. Constantine the Great and Christianity Constantinian shift Peace of God Papacy in late antiquity Frend, W. H. C. (1965). The Early Church...
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    year Constantine and Licinius proclaimed the toleration of Christianity with the Edict of Milan, and in 325 Constantine convened and presided over the First...
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    The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly...
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    Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor...
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    beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Eusebius of Caesarea recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision sent by the Christian...
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  • Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom is a 2010 book by Peter Leithart which examines Constantine the Great and Christianity...
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  • Eusebius of Nicomedia (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    baptised Constantine the Great on his deathbed in 337. A fifth-century legend evolved that Pope Sylvester I was the one to baptise Constantine, but this...
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    Labarum (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    letters of the word "Christ" (Greek: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) – Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ). It was first used by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Ancient sources...
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    Constantinian shift (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    the fourth century", but that there was "no permanent, epochal 'Constantinian shift'". Constantine the Great (reigned 306–337) adopted Christianity as...
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    convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July...
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    Christianity in the 4th century was dominated in its early stage by Constantine the Great and the First Council of Nicaea of 325, which was the beginning...
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    Old St. Peter's Basilica (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    the basilica, built over the historical site of the Circus of Nero, began during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine I. The name "old St. Peter's Basilica"...
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    of Constantine"). In the painting the Emperor Constantine the Great is depicted kneeling down to receive the sacrament from Pope Sylvester I in the Baptistery...
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    Constantinianism (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    Constantine the Great and Christianity Constantinian shift Christendom Donation of Constantine History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance Hagman...
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    Hagia Irene (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    the eastern capital of the Roman Empire. According to later tradition but disputed by some scholars, the Roman emperor Constantine I commissioned the...
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  • Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History (2001) is a book by James Carroll, a former priest, which documents the role of the Roman Catholic...
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    Christianity and signed the Edict of Milan legalizing the religion. The Bishop of Jerusalem Macarius asked Constantine for permission to dig for the tomb...
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  • Presbyter (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    1990. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-24. Constantine the Great and Christianity "Elders". Archived from the original on November...
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    The Fifty Bibles of Constantine are said to have been Bibles in the Greek language commissioned in 331 by Constantine I and prepared by Eusebius of Caesarea...
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    Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was born in the lower classes...
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  • Decline of an Empire (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    Rufus Jack Goddard as Constantine the Great Dudley Sutton as Marcellus Edward Fox as Constantius Samantha Beckinsale as Vita The film was due for release...
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  • known as Constantine the Great or Constantino il Grande - In Hoc Signo Vinces. Constantine wins a battle and is sent to Rome. On the way he and his friend...
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    In hoc signo vinces (category Constantine the Great and Christianity)
    writers. Here Lactantius preserves the story of Constantine's vision of the Chi Rho before his conversion to Christianity. The full text is found in only one...
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    Aelia Capitolina (category Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire)
    Constantine the Great granted Christianity legal status within the Roman Empire. This led to the construction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, laying the groundwork...
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    religiously inspired violence and war, beginning with the adoption of Christianity by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 312 AD. The counter balance to this...
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  • during the reign of Constantine the Great. It is thought to have been sited on an island where the Imperial Palace of Antioch used to stand during the Seleucid...
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    calendar. In the West, the early part of the century was shaped by Constantine the Great, who became the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity. Gaining...
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    encourages him to convert to Christianity. October 29 – Constantine enters Rome; he stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation...
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