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- Constantine condemned all heretics and their books, eventually drawing up an index of proscribed writings. He also ordered y complete copies of the Bible, which would include all twenty-seven books of the New Testament listed by Eusebius as either “approved” or “disputed.”
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Feb 23, 2024 · During his reign, Constantine ordered the creation of fifty copies of the Bible, which was a significant undertaking at the time. However, what is perhaps even more interesting is that Constantine also took it upon himself to make significant edits and revisions to the text of the Bible, adding and removing many texts that he deemed unnecessary ...
- Christianity Is Persecuted Under The Roman Emperor Diocletian
- The Next Emperor, Constantine, Becomes A Christian
- Constantine Asks Eusebius to Have Fifty Copies of Scripture Produced
- Eusebius Does Not Tell Us Which Books Were in The Canon
At the beginning of the fourth century, Christianity was persecuted by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Among other things, the Holy Scriptures of the Christians were sought out and destroyed by the authority of the Emperor in his Imperial Edict in A.D. 303. Christian churches were also burned. Many Christians lost their lives during this terrible per...
The historical irony is that the next Emperor, Constantine, became a Christian. Instead of being a persecuted religion, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. And, instead of ordering the destruction of the Christian Scripture, Constantine ordered accurate copies to be made.
In A.D. 330, Constantine inaugurated his new capital at Constantinople, formerly called Byzantium. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor wrote to the church father Eusebius and asked him to have fifty copies of the Scriptures produced and sent to Constantinople. Each of these copies would have included the entire Old Testament and New Testament in Greek....
While Eusebius tells us that he complied with Constantine’s request, and had these fifty copies produced, he nowhere tells us which books were included in the copies of the Old and New Testament. Though there is no specific list, the issue of their content is not really in doubt. Eusebius, in his other writings, informs us as to which books were un...
The life of constantine — Eusebius Pamphilius. "Victor Constantinus, Maximus Augustus, to Eusebius. "It happens, through the favoring providence of God our Saviour, that great numbers have united themselves to the most holy church in the city which is called by my name. It seems, therefore, highly requisite, since that city is rapidly ...
One of the most important things the Christian Emperor Constantine (left—reigned 306 to 337 AD) did was to commission in 331 the writing of 50 Bibles for the Church in his new capital in the East called Byzantium (which name would in the 400’s be changed to Constantinople which name would be changed to Istanbul in 1930 when modern Turkey ...
provides plenty of background leading to the central question: How did Constantine influence the selection of Christian scripture? Constantine condemned all heretics and their books, eventually drawing up an index of proscribed writings. He also ordered fifty complete copies of the Bible,
The new Christian Emperor Constantine did commission 50 new copies of the Bible to be penned and to be circulated to representative portions of the Roman Empire. But there is no evidence that there was any discussion about what books should be in a New Testament.
Jan 1, 1992 · In 331 C.E. the Roman Emperor Constantine sent a letter , the text of which has survived, to Bishop Eusebius in Caesarea asking him to arrange for the production of fifty bibles. These books were to be skillfully executed copies of "the divine scriptures" on fine parchment for use in the churches of the new capitol of the Empire, Constantinople.
