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1 day ago · Just several years after Socrates completed his Ecclesiastical History, a second author submitted his historical manuscript to the Emperor Theodosius II.Both Socrates and Salamanes Hermias Sozomen lived in Constantinople as they composed their respective narratives; in fact, if we accept the theory that Socrates was a lawyer, the two men even shared a common profession.
In the fifth century the eastern emperor Theodosius II in an Imperial decree of 428 mentioned among heretics in Rome Valentinians; twenty years later a letter by bishop Theodoretus of Cyrus (near Antio- chia) testifies to their presence in Syria.
3 days ago · Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
- 25 July 306 – 22 May 337
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5 days ago · Of course, Constantine did issue the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, but this was an edict of toleration and legalization, not conscription. It was Theodosius the Great who issued the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD which did officially mandate Nicene Christianity as the state religion. [13] First Freedom, 154-155. [14] First Freedom, 152.
4 days ago · Theodosius I: The Anti-Pagan Roman Emperor who made Christianity the Official State Religion The Legacy of Contradictions The dark aspects of Rome’s history provide a counterbalance to its celebrated cultural and intellectual achievements.
5 days ago · Hagia Sophia, an important Byzantine structure in Istanbul and one of the world’s great monuments. It was built as a Christian church in the 6th century ce (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In subsequent centuries it became a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again.
1 day ago · Arianism ( Koine Greek: Ἀρειανισμός, Areianismós) [1] is a Christological doctrine considered heretical by all mainstream branches of Christianity. [2] It is first attributed to Arius ( c. AD 256–336 ), [1] [3] [4] a Christian presbyter who preached and studied in Alexandria, Egypt. [1] Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is ...
