Was the emperor Constantine a Christian?

Answer 1

It is said that he became a Christian just before he died.For those people who said that he saw a sign of a holy cross made him a Christian,Then why is it this legend is spread only after Constantine death.?

Answer 2

No. He was a Pagan. He made Christianity legal alongside the other Roman religions... he did not make it a State Religion ahead of the other religions. *that would have started a civil war with the Senate of Rome*. He used this as a political tool to conquer the rest of the Roman Empire which was, at the time, divided into 2... he ruled one part, another Emporer ruled the other. The other Emporer did not like Christianity and refused to recognize it as a legal religion in Roman Empire. Constantine used this to gain more people in his army - hence his vision of the cross in the sky when he was at a bridge, watching his troups in a field... the cross appeared and a voice said "By this you will conquer" (doesn't exactly sound Christian now, does it?). So he put Red Crosses on the armor of his men and declared that even the Christian God was watching over them... again, this gained more men for his army... and this is how he got rid of his competitor and became the only Emporer of Rome. He was baptized according to Christian tradition, on his death bed.... just in case.

Answer 3

No, he was pagan sun-worshiper of the Roman Sol Invictus sect, he needed the Mithrans and the Christians on his side since the Army was mostly Mithran and the Civil Service was mostly Christian and he couldn't afford to alienate either. He then started a hodge-podge religion where Mithras and Jesus were the same person and Iehovah and Sol Invictus were the same person. That was when Jesus birthday got move to December, the time of Mithras birth, and the Roman Catholics started putting the Nimbus around the head of their Holy figures, representing the Rays of the Sun. Constantine was converted on his death bed when he was past caring, and didn't become a Christian Monarch untill the Christians had control of the empire and had wiped out the competition.

Answer 4

There are debates about that, actually. The debate is that Constantine was actually a Pagan that recognized he had the chance to use the Christian religion to unify the people instead of having a war between the Pagans and Christianity. Christianity had been growing converts for a long period of time and he saw the trouble it was causing.

So... it's unknown whether he was actually a Pagan using Christianity or if he was actually Christian.

At the least, he was an astute politian that realized he needed to control the population.

Answer 5

Constantine....wasn't he the Eastern Roman Emperor that made Istanbul the capitol of his Empire? okay okay at that time it was known as Constantinople, named after him, Constantine.

As I remember, he was a generic pagan as was the much of his land during the uprise of the Christian movement. There is the unconfirmed tale that Constantine asked for assistance during a weighty battle, he asked for a sign or some sort. He believed he saw a vision of the Holy Cross inspired by the Christian God. Since that battle, as he was good to his word he instituted Christianity in his Empire. It wasn't until he laid dying of age, that he finally finished his converstion and actually accepted Christianity as his faith for the afterlife. Dying an almost assuredly Christian death to arrive in the gates of heaven, or so he believed.

Answer 6

Yes. He was baptized just prior to his death.

He was also a true believer and a great benefactor of the church.

The old lie, is the myth, still promoted by many Protestants, that Constantine "paganized" God's one, true, Catholic Church, in spite of Jesus' express and scriptural promise that such a thing would never happen, and in spite of the historical fact that Constantine's assistance led to the conversion of most of the world for Christ.

Funny how little faith some people have in the power of God ... especially those who claim to be saved by faith alone.

Answer 7

He became a Christian when He saw a cross in the sky, and he believed that God was telling him to conquer in this sign.
He declared the state religion of the Roman Empire to be Christian and all Roman became Christians, at least nominally.
I Cr 13;8a
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Answer 8

Andres u answered some of my questions.. is incredible u dont know Jesus (PBUH) is a very important messanger of God in islam...but...now that I see that u dont know either that Constantine was a Christian, is clear for me u dont know that much about ur own religion...its a pitty. Sometimes muslims care more about Jesus (PBUH) than u guys...

And BTW I was catholic before...mexican catholic.

Answer 9

Yes he was said to be baptized as a Christian just before he died. He founded Byzantine empire, the first Christian nation in history.

Answer 10

Although he helped the church a lot and his empire's religion was christian, I believe that he was not a Christian, he only called himself a Christian for his own benefit.