there is a statue of constantine the great outside of the york minster, does anyone know why his sword is broken?
2007-01-17 07:16:44 · 4 answers · asked by evilstone 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Constantine was crowned King of the Britons in 306 in York, that's why the statue is there. The broken sword could possibly be a symbol for the outcome of the Edict of Milan, and the Peace of Constantine made thereafter. Constantine was a bloody and ruthless ruler for quite some time, but did have long periods of peace and was one of the few Roman emperors who did not slay pagans. Therefore the sword is a symbol of both Rome and Constantine's bloody past, the emergence of christianity, and decision to change for the better.
2007-01-17 07:40:51 · answer #1 · answered by bad_sects 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statue of Constantine was unveiled in 1998 and was designed by Philip Jackson. It represents Constantine after The Battle of the Milvian Bridge contemplating a broken sword, which also forms the shape of a cross: the symbolism is that the battle is over, the sword broken, and Christianity has triumphed.
2007-01-17 07:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by ryan s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constantine switched over to Christianity greater advantageous than 2 many years in the previous he died. He became baptized on his dying mattress simply by fact some human beings believed that your final act must be baptism, and being cleansed of sins, so as which you die sinless. i do no longer think of Constantine 'presented' the trinity or the circulate. The symbols existed in the previous he had his adult males paint one on their shields. the belief-appropriate to the trinity became suggested properly in the previous Constantine have been given in touch. understand that there is not any one way of Christian questioning. From the disciples arguing over who might take a seat next to Jesus, to Paul and Peter disagreeing on who ought to study Christ's message, to Gnostics, to Manichians, to Orthodox, to Waldensian, there have been and are diverse perspectives on who Christ became and what his message became. (corresponding to Sunni, Shi'ite, and Wahhabi Muslims) became Constantine the "initiating of the corruption of what Jesus taught?" Stanley Hawerwas actual thinks so, and that i tend to agree. (If Jesus needed the government in touch in concerns of God, would not Jesus have suggested so?) Godspeed.
2016-12-12 13:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-17 07:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋