Who issued the Edict of Milan which ended the persicution of Christians by making Christianity a legal religion throughout the Roman Empire?
2006-11-02 06:35:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Edict of Milan (AD 313) declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral with regard to religious worship, officially ending all government-sanctioned persecution, especially of Christianity. The Edict, by two Augusti (senior tetrarchs) Constantine the Great and Licinius gave to Christianity and other religions a status of legitimacy alongside Paganism. It initiated the period known by Christian historians as the Peace of the Church. The document itself does not survive.
2006-11-02 06:38:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constantinople when he saw that the more there are executions done against the Christians, the more it becomes popular to the subjects who lived under his rules. Most of them were Jews and other African origins they conquered and since they are not purely Romans but as Roman conquered and converted citizens the population has grown to a dangerous number so He found its best to adopt the popular religion to avoid an uncontrollable dissent in the future but not without some changes and additions to the practice. The decision was influenced by his mothers dream about a vision of Mary the mother of Jesus.
2006-11-02 06:56:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
constantine
2006-11-02 06:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be Constantine...
2006-11-02 06:40:32 · answer #4 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan
2006-11-02 06:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋