One was his conversion to Christianity, becoming the first Roman Emperor to do so, and making Catholicism the official religion of the Roman Empire. The second great decision was the move of the capital from Rome to Constantinople.; This thesis analyzes the first of Constantine's two great ...
Moreso, however, many of the legion's recruits came from rural and backwater areas that were the last reaches of the empire to experience conversion to Christianity. It has been said the Roman army was the last refuge of paganism. The traces of Christianity found in the imperial legions are...
As Greek religion evolved to incorporate eastern philosophies of essential monism, Hermes increasingly came to represent the divine aspects of the individual –an important factor in the development of christianity. An example of this is the syncretic god-concept of Hermes Trismegistos (‘Thrice-Great...
Apostasy, the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it. It is distinguished from heresy, which is limited to the rejection of one or more Christian doctrines by one who maintains an overall adherence to Jesus...
Roman Religion towards the end of the Empire and the shift to Christianity Thinking of the Middle Ages and multitudes of Gods I cynically compare the ancient Roman’s habit of going to this or that god according to requirement to the later Roman Catholics who turned to this or that saint (...
First: The cross of St George represents (as far as we can tell) a Roman Legionnaire who was crucified for his conversion to Christianity. French claim to our pride of three lions A roman legionnaire marked the start of a new chapter in the long history of Birdoswald Fort yesterday. Raisi...
Constantine the Great was also mentioned in the Bible. He established Christianity as the official religion in Rome, building churches and preaching Christianity all over Europe. His conversion to Christianity is thought to have been down to his mother, Queen Helena, who was deeply religious herself...
The powerful effects of Emperor Constantine's (d. 337) conversion to Christianity in the fourth century had a great influence on vast numbers of the Roman legions, and thousands of soldiers followed his example and converted to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (c. 6B.C.E.–c. 30C.E....
has converted to Roman Catholicism, marking another high-profile conversion for a controversial Catholic priest. Dobson boosts Bush as Fla. elections near. (People & Events) After an exhaustive study of the "collective wisdom and moral insights" of Judaism and Roman Catholicism, the National Jewish...
Since Con- stantine had adopted Christianity as the state religion in 325 A.D., this introduction had started in the later years of the Roman occu- pation of Britain. Assuming, however, that after the Romans left, the Britons had to be converted anew, this reconversion took place within ...