Ancient history What temples stood for| ConstantineEusebiusand Roman imperial practice BROWN UNIVERSITY LarsonSteven JThis dissertation is an examination of the Emperor Constantine's religious building program as presented in the writings of Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea. I seek to redescribe the range of...
Christians", "demi-Christians" and "semi-pagans".(39) The complaint occurs as early as the 330s, when Eusebius of Caesarea lamented that one effect of Constantine's edict against the heretics was that these "pests of society", masking their real beliefs, "crept secretly into the church"....
history of early Christianity, the development of the earlyChristian churchfrom its roots in theJewishcommunityofRoman Palestineto the conversion ofConstantine Iand theconvocationof theFirst Council of Nicaea. For a more extensive treatment of the history and beliefs of the Christian church,seeChristian...
called by the Roman emperorConstantine I, met later in the year, Eusebius had to explain himself and was exonerated with the explicit approval of the emperor. In the years following the Council of Nicaea, the emperor was bent on achievingunitywithin the church, and so the supporters of the...
Shortly after the council he renewed his alliance with Arius, and the Roman emperor Constantine I the Great exiled him to Gaul, where he remained until he presented a confession of faith in 328. Britannica Quiz Christianity Quiz Through his friendship with the emperor’s sister, Constantia, ...