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Just a minor point: Constantine didn't "establish" the Catholic Church in the sense of making it the official religion. Rather, he issued a decree which made it
by joshuacc 16y ago
Just a minor point: Constantine didn't "establish" the Catholic Church in the sense of making it the official religion. Rather, he issued a decree which made it legal to practice Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan
- lionhearted 16y agoThis is correct, my mistake. Constantine de-criminalized Christianity, Theodosius made it the official religion of Rome at the Council of Nicea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#Nicene_Christianity_becomes_the_state_religion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#Nicene_Christianit...