Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all persecutions and legalized Christianity.
He made it the state religion and when he captured people in one of his wars they had a choice to convert or die.
Constantine I
Constantine was the first emperor to *accept* Christianity but he did *not* make it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine did put a stop to Christian persecution, returned Christian property from pagans and reduced support for pagan religion.On February 27 380 Theodosius I "... declared "Catholic Christianity" the only legitimate imperial religion, ending state support for the traditional Roman religion."This was over 40 years after Constantine had died.Christian persecutions still continued - those following other variants of it.
The co-emperors Constantine the Great and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD which reiterated the toleration of Christianity which had been decreed by the Edict of Toleration by (emperor) Galerius in 311 and which which ended the Great Persecution of Christians that took place under Emperor Diocletian. The Edict of Milan also exerted toleration to all religions throughout the Roman Empire. These two edicts, however, did not proclaim any official religion. Christianity had never been illegal and the edicts were a change of policy from persecution to toleration. An official religion was proclaimed by the Edict of Thessalonica issued by co-emperors Gratian, Theodosius the Great and Valentinan II in 380 AD. This edict made the faith of the Catholic Church the only legitimate religion in the empire. This church subscribed to the Nicene Creed, a particular interpretation of the holy trinity and was opposed to other interpretations and other sects of Christianity. This church had a western (Latin) and an eastern (Greek) branch. After they later split they came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively. The aim of the Edict of Thessalonica was to ban and brand as heretic the other versions and sects of Christianity, especially Arian Christianity which was popular around the empire. A persecution of these sects was started soon after the issuing if the edict.
He was the Roman Emperor who ended Christian persecution and declared Christianity the religion of Rome
It was Constantine.=== ===
Constantine is known for legalizing Christianity. He was the first Roman emperor to end Christian persecutions and officially give legal status to Christianity. He did this with the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D.
Constantine was the first Christian Emperor
Constantine was a great emperor, he stopped the persecution of Christians, and established tolerance to all religions in Rome.
He made it the state religion and when he captured people in one of his wars they had a choice to convert or die.
It was Constantine.=== ===
depends on the time period. before the 3rd century AD, the religion was usually paganism. Once Christianity was legalized, it was up to the emperor of the time to decide what the religion is
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Many different times until Emperor Constantine became a Christian in 312 AD. One of the worst persecutions was around 202 AD under Emperor Septimus Severus
Constantine I
Constantine was the first emperor to *accept* Christianity but he did *not* make it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine did put a stop to Christian persecution, returned Christian property from pagans and reduced support for pagan religion.On February 27 380 Theodosius I "... declared "Catholic Christianity" the only legitimate imperial religion, ending state support for the traditional Roman religion."This was over 40 years after Constantine had died.Christian persecutions still continued - those following other variants of it.
Constantine legalized the practice of one's own religion in the Empire; specifically, Christianity.