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History of Christianity in Roman times
The victory of Constantine as the first result was the famous Edict of Milan, promulgated in 313, with which it grants full freedom of worship for Christians, increasing the spread, especially for political purposes. Tax exempt church property, called the Council of Nicaea to eradicate Arianism, introduced Sunday as a holiday, inaugurated the construction of numerous places of worship. From Constantine built the first Christian churches, like San Giovanni in Laterano and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The sincerity of the religious sentiment of Constantine was debated at length, with criticism from side to overreach, to side. The fact is that promote the spread of Christianity proved a powerful tool for political propaganda is an anti-Eastern, and as a valuable ally in building a new social structure, religious and organizational able to stand up today. Constantine declared aim is indeed to consolidate the alliance between church and state, making it stronger union between the two entities, organizing them to make them more uniform and free from internal divisions. In the vision of Constantine, the Empire needs a Universal Universal Church, acting as an instrument of cohesion and bonding within an otherwise heterogeneous body and subject to division. Tangible sign of his political capital was the creation of a "twin" of the empire, the city created between 324 and 321, Constantinople, located hinge between the Empire of the East and the West.
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History of Christianity in Roman times
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The victory of Constantine as the first result was the famous Edict of Milan, promulgated in 313, with which it grants full freedom of worship for Christians, increasing the spread, especially for political purposes. Tax exempt church property, called the Council of Nicaea to eradicate Arianism, introduced Sunday as a holiday, inaugurated the construction of numerous places of worship. From Constantine built the first Christian churches, like San Giovanni in Laterano and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. The sincerity of the religious sentiment of Constantine was debated at length, with criticism from side to overreach, to side. The fact is that promote the spread of Christianity proved a powerful tool for political propaganda is an anti-Eastern, and as a valuable ally in building a new social structure, religious and organizational able to stand up today. Constantine declared aim is indeed to consolidate the alliance between church and state, making it stronger union between the two entities, organizing them to make them more uniform and free from internal divisions. In the vision of Constantine, the Empire needs a Universal Universal Church, acting as an instrument of cohesion and bonding within an otherwise heterogeneous body and subject to division. Tangible sign of his political capital was the creation of a "twin" of the empire, the city created between 324 and 321, Constantinople, located hinge between the Empire of the East and the West.
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