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No single emperor converted the Roman Empire to Christianity. Constantine the Great converted to Christianity towards the end of his life. He has favoured the Christians, promoted Christians within the imperial bureaucracy, introduced some laws favourable to the Christians and tried to arbitrate disputed between rival Christians doctrines. At the time of Constantine Christianity was still the religion of a small minority of the population of the empire. All the subsequent emperors but one where Christian. They, too, favoured the Christians. They introduced laws which restricted pagan practices. The emperor Theodosius was the one who did the most to induce conversions to Christianity in the empire. Together with his co-emperor Gratian, he issued the edict of Thessalonica which made mainstream Christianity the sole legitimate religion of the empire and banned dissident Christian doctrines. He also introduced further restrictions on pagan practices, supported the destruction of pagan temples and shrines and the persecution of paganism.

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What did the eastern half of the Roman Empire convert to?

The Emperor Constantine, who was the ruler of the eastern empire, converted to Christianity and made it the state religion. This began the Holy Roman Empire.


Under the reign of which emperor did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire?

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Which empire declared Christianity to be the religion of the roman empire?

The emperor Theodosius I declared Christianity to be the official religion of the Roman empire. In fact, he made Christianity mandatory for all.


Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire during the reign of?

Christianity became the official religion of the empire during the reign of emperor Theodosius I.


Who is the roman empire who legalized Christianity and legalized the edict of milan?

Constantine I

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Whose conversion to Christianity helped make Christianity acceptable to Rome?

Emperor Constantine, who moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, ALLOWED Christianity in Roman Empire and converted on his death bed through the Edict of Milan. His tolerance accepted Christianity in Rome, NOT his CONVERSION.


Which empire declared Christianity to be the religion of the roman empire?

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Christianity was forced upon the people of the Roman empire by the emperor Theodosius I in 380 AD.


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What help Christianity to continue spreading after the fall of Roman Empire?

The Germanic peoples who invaded the Western Roman Empire were either already Arian Christians or converted to Roman Catholicism. Emperor Charlemagne conquered norther Germany and sent priests to covert the peoples there to Christianity. Missionaries travelled around the pagan parts of Europe to spread Christianity.


Whose conversation to Christianity helped make it acceptable in Rome?

Emperor Constantine, who moved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople, ALLOWED Christianity in Roman Empire and converted on his death bed through the Edict of Milan. His tolerance accepted Christianity in Rome, NOT his CONVERSION.


Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire during the reign of?

Christianity became the official religion of the empire during the reign of emperor Theodosius I.


Which emperor declared Christianity to be official religion of the Roman empire?

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