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Edict of Thessalonica. The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos ), issued on 27 February AD 380 by Theodosius I, made Nicene Christianity [note 1] the state church of the Roman Empire. [2] [3] [4] It condemned other Christian creeds such as Arianism as heresies of "foolish madmen," and authorized their punishment.
Theodosius I. Roman Emperor (also known as Flavius Theodosius), born in Spain, about 346; died at Milan, 17 January, 395. Theodosius is one of the sovereigns by universal consent called Great. He stamped out the last vestiges of paganism, put an end to the Arian heresy in the empire, pacified the Goths, left a famous example of penitence for a ...
Theodosius I (FLAVIUS THEODOSIUS), Roman Emperor, b. in Spain, about 346; d. at Milan, January 17, 395. Theodosius is one of the sovereigns by universal consent called Great. He stamped out the last vestiges of paganism, put an end to the Arian heresy in the empire, pacified the Goths, left a famous example of penitence for a crime, and reigned ...
whole world is paid to the might and goodness of God. Theodosius Augustus and Caesar Valentinian. C. Th.XVI.i.2: We desire that all the people under the rule o f our clemency should live by that religion which divine Peter the apostle is said to have given to the Romans, and which it is evident that Pope Damasus and Peter, bishop
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Résumé. This article presents some new proposals concerning the circumstances and mechanisms of the introduction of the Codex Theodosianus in the western half of the empire in AD 438. The compilation is not a strictly neutral document in every respect. In establishing a common work of reference for the whole empire, the enforcement of the ...
- Benet Salway
- 2013
Feb 2, 2021 · So it was that in February 380, 23-year-old Theodosius, born into the faith but only recently baptised after serious illness, issued the Edict of Thessalonica threatening both divine punishment and imperial retribution for those who rejected the Nicene creed. Five years later Priscillian, Bishop of Avila, would be the first Christian to face ...
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Theodosius I - Roman Emperor, Christianity, Edict of Thessalonica: In 383 Maximus, a Spaniard who had been proclaimed emperor by the troops in Britain, asserted himself as ruler in the Western provinces (praefectura Galliarum). Suspicions that Theodosius was in collusion with the usurper and thus implicated in the death of Emperor Gratian in August 383 are unfounded. Theodosius, who had to ...
