Emperor Constantine who based in the divine books written in heaven before time began, was destined for that historic event (Daniel 7:10)
2007-07-17 22:26:31
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answered by Prophet John of the Omega 5
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For the first 280 years of Christian history, Christianity was banned by the Roman empire, and Christians were terribly persecuted. This changed after the “conversion” of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine “legalized” Christianity at the Edict of Milan in A.D. 313. Later, in A.D. 325, Constantine called together the Council of Nicea, in an attempt to unify Christianity. Constantine envisioned Christianity as a religion that could unite the Roman Empire, which at that time was beginning to fragment and divide. While this may have seemed to be a positive development for the Christian church, the results were anything but positive. Just as Constantine refused to fully embrace the Christian faith, but continued many of his pagan beliefs and practices, so the Christian church that Constantine promoted was a mixture of true Christianity and Roman paganism.
2007-07-18 01:01:46
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answered by Freedom 7
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Well Constantine was close to it, but not that firmly. Religious dissension was allowed to an extent under Constantine, in fact one of his acts when he was co-emperor with Licinius was to grant religious liberty to all religious sects. However Christianity kind of halted, particularly under the emperor Julian who debunked the idea of the Trinity, but in 380 AD at the Edict of Thessalonica Theodosius 1 made Christianity the official religion of the empire, and gradually non-Christian sects were outlawed, including paganism which was outlawed in 391 by Theodosius.
Technically though Constantine was not a Roman emperor, he was a Byzantine emperor. The Roman empire kind of transferred to Constantinople under Constantine (modern Istanbul) and as the Catholic Church rose the Vatican in Rome became chief again, but the empire was really split. The Romans in the west and the Byzantines in the east. The Romans were eventually crushed by the barbarians, but the Catholics withstood the attacks and solidified their power. The Catholics did not have independent power until the 8th century.
The Byzantine Empire was eventually crushed by the Ottoman empire (Turks) and this empire lasted until World War One.
2007-07-18 01:10:30
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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As far as I know, the emperor was Constantine, but he didn't accept Christianity, he declared it the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire.
2007-07-18 00:57:10
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answered by rndyh77 6
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Constantine was the first to officially sanction Christianity and be baptized.
He said that he saw a vision of a cross and a voice told him to conquer under "this sign".
Cynics question whether his conversion was a political attempt to bring Christians into the main line of the kingdom as the sect was too numerous and productive to be eliminated.
His lifestyle did not reflect a deep conversion experience. He still practiced polytheisism and ordered a weekly holiday for the sun god (Sunday), which modern Christian's tend to interpret as a tribute to the ressurection, but in the declaration, he said "the venerable day of the sun."
2007-07-18 01:02:06
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answered by Truth 7
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Constantine
2007-07-18 01:00:30
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answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7
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Constantine
2007-07-18 00:55:59
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answered by gwhiz1052 7
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You mean officially put Christianity as a religion so he could have a religion to himself to go against the paganist?
That would be Constantine.
2007-07-18 00:57:41
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe it was Constantine
2007-07-18 01:00:57
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answered by ? 3
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uh i think i remember from world hist back in freshman year that its charlamagne right?
2007-07-18 00:57:08
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answered by Jamie 1
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