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The emperors' policy towards Christianity varied between toleration and persecution. There were two recorded and severe persecutions (other references to persecutions are not documented and were mild) the Decian Persecution (250-260) and the Great Persecution, which was started in 303 by the emperor Diocletian. This was ended by the Edict of Toleration by (emperor) Galerius in 311
The end of the latter persecution was decreed by the Edict of Toleration by (emperor) Galerius in 311. Galerius returned to toleration of Christianity and guaranteed the Christians freedom of worship and the right to be safe in order to restore political stability in the empire. The persecution had caused great social unrest among the large Christian population round the empire which was threatening its stability.
Co-emperors Constantine the Great and Licinus signed the Edict of Milan of 313. It reiterated the toleration of Christianity, extended it to all religions (even though other religions had not been persecuted) and provided for compensation by the state to those who had bought or received Christian property as a gift which had been confiscated during the persecution and returned it to the Christians. The main aim of the edict seems to have been to act as an order for the Maximinus Dia (a junior emperor who governed Syria and Egypt) to stop persecuting the Christians in his province. Maximinus Dia continued the persecution, ignoring Galerius' edict.
It is sometimes said that Constantine legalised Christianity and that he ended the persecution of the Christians. Both statements are inaccurate. Christianity was never banned and was never illegal. It was a matter of toleration or persecution. The Edict of Milan was aimed at ending the remnants of the persecution in Syria. The decree that officially ended to Great Persecution was the one issued by Galerius.
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Did Constantine use Christianity to defeat evil?
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How could slaves gain their freedom in Muslim society?
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How could slaves gain freedom in Muslim society?
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What significant role did Ghana play in Africa's growing nationalist movement?
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The Romans drove the north into what is now Scotland?
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