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3. Constantine Asks Eusebius to Have Fifty Copies of Scripture Produced 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.
David L. Dungan is Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), and this book is the culmination of a course that he has been teaching for thirty-five years entitled, “The Making of the New Testament.” His vast knowledge of, and years of reflecting on, early Christianity shines through on every page of this thought-provoking little book. Dungan’s basic argument is ...
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The Fifty Bibles of Constantine were Bibles in the original Greek language commissioned in 331 by Constantine I and prepared by Eusebius of Caesarea. They were made for the use of the Bishop of Constantinople in the growing number of churches in that very new city. Eusebius quoted the letter of commission in his Life of Constantine, and it is ...
Constantine condemned all heretics and their books, eventually drawing up an index of proscribed writings. He also ordered fifty complete copies of the Bible, which would include all twenty-seven books of the New Testament listed by Eusebius as either “approved” or “disputed.”. Constantine’s actions ended “what had been an open ...
Constantine’s Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament. The canon of Christian scripture has received much scrutiny since the rise of historical criticism in post-Enlightenment Europe. Nineteenth-century discoveries of new apocryphal gospels and epistles also fueled academic debate over canonicity, which has reached an even higher ...
- David Laird Dungan
- 2006
Feb 23, 2024 · Finally, there is some evidence to suggest that Constantine may have been motivated by a genuine desire to improve the purity and accuracy of the Bible. Many of the texts that he removed from the Bible were considered by some to be heretical or unorthodox, and Constantine may have believed that his revisions would help to ensure that the Bible ...
Jan 2, 2024 · Who Was Constantine In The Bible. January 2, 2024 by Hilda Scott. The Bible is a timeless source of religious, moral and historical meanings and lessons. At the heart of the Good Book lies Constantine, a Roman Emperor who was both praised and criticised for his actions and beliefs. He was a major figure in early Christianity and is mentioned in ...
