Matthew Arnold
A 19th century poet who wrote a poem in memory of Constantine's conversion.
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Constantine
Church of Rome
With the rising authority of the bishops, especially Leo, who provided the biblical and theological basis for the papal claims, and their growing links of power with the Roman Emperors, the Church in Rome gradually became the Church of Rome. Up until the time of Constantine, history provides no real precedents for the Roman bishops exercising authority outside the boundaries of Rome. But with the conversion of Constantine, and subsequent convening of church councils to dispute heresy, bishops and the Church of Rome steadily grew in power and influence. A major threshold of papal power came with the threat and fear of excommunication.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, Church-of-Rome, ChurchRodent, Constantine, history, Rome, heresy, Pope[/tags]Clovis
(481-587)
Among the Franks, the founder of the nation. Married a Burgundian princess who was a Christian, Clothilda. Was converted to Christianity in much the same manner as Constantine, in battle. With one accord, his people even renounced their German gods. Three thousand of his army followed him in baptism.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Clothilda, Clovis, Constantine, history[/tags]Constantine
Constantine represents the passing of the Age of Catholic Christianity, and the beginning of the Age of the Christian Empire. Upon the death of Galerius, Constantine, the son of Constantius Chlorus, advanced across the Alps to dislodge his rival Maxentius from Italy and to capture Rome. When he came upon his militarily superior enemy at the Milvian Bridge just outside the walls of Rome, he turned for help to the God of the Christians. In a dream he saw a cross in the sky and the words, "In this sign conquer." This convinced him to advance. When on 28 October 312 he achieved his brilliant victory over the troops of Maxentius, Constantine looked upon his success as proof of the power of Christ and the superiority of the Christian religion. From the year 312, he favored Christianity openly. He allowed Christian ministers to enjoy the same exemption from taxes as
1st Council at Nicea
(1st General Council, 325)
Called by the Emperor Constantine to settle the question of Christ's divinity raised by Arius. Gave birth to the Nicene Creed. Established that Christ is fully divine, "true God from true God."
[tags]1st-Council-at-Nicea, Arius, BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, Creed, history, Nicene-Creed[/tags]Diocletian
The Emperor of Rome who occupied the throne for more than 20 years (284-305) before his successor, Constantine. Considered the most savage of the persecutors of the church. Divided the imperial rule among four men — two "Augusti," with slightly subordinate "Caesars" in order to control the ambitions of his most likely rivals.
Two years before the end of his reign, he suddenly ordered the most vicious of all persecutions of the Christians.
Eusebius of Caesarea
(AD 265-330)
Early Christian historian. The biographer of Constantine who represented the emperor as the ideal Christian ruler and envisioned the beginning of a new age of salvation. He also put forward a creed at the Council of Nicea.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, Creed, Eusebius-of-Caesarea, history[/tags]Justinian
A powerful Roman emperor who ascended the royal throne in 527 (to 565). Under Justinian the unique Byzantine blend of Roman law, Christian faith, and Greek (Hellenistic) philosophy came to tasteful excellence. He rebuilt Constantine's Church of Holy Wisdom, "Hagia Sophia", and consecrated it in 538 (exclaiming that he had outdone Solomon). He considered himself to be completely a Roman emperor and just as fully a Christian emperor. He felt the empire to be the instrument of God's plan in the world.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, history, Justinian[/tags]Maxentius
When Emperor Diocletian divided the empire into two parts (East and West), Maxentius eventually became the senior Western Emperor when he murdered Constantius and usurped his position. Maxentius was the son of Constantius's predecessor. He was later defeated by Constantine at the battle of the Milvian Bridge in the autumn of 312.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, Diocletian, history, Maxentius[/tags]Monasticism
The first form of monasticism was the lonely hermit. Anthony is regarded by many as the first monk and soon had hundreds of imitators. With Constantine's adoption of the Christian faith, there was a resultant decline in Christian commitment. Thus, the hermit often fled not so much from the world as from the world in the church. This protest of a corrupt institution led into the dangers of a pronounced individualism. From its beginnings in Egypt it spread to Syria, to Asia Minor, and eventually throughout Western Europe.
[tags]Anthony, BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, history, Monasticism[/tags]Nicene Creed
A Creed developed in the Council called by Emperor Constantine in 325 largely in response to Arianism. From this council emerged the Nicene Creed, which to this day is the standard of orthodoxy in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some other churches:
"I believe in one God the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
"And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried;
Paphnutius
A bishop from Egypt who had lost one eye under the Emperor Diocletian. At an imperial banquet he was singled out for special honor by the new Emperor Constantine when he kissed the bishop's eyeless cheek as a sign of friendship between the empire and the church.
[tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Constantine, Diocletian, history, Paphnutius[/tags]Megiddo, Church, & Prison. Or, “Wait’ll the warden sees this!”
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