Ms. Gleichner brought up some very good points about how Constantine was very beneficial to the Church. He is to thank for Christianity still being a thriving religion today and he did combine some elements of Church and state. However, his overall effect on the religion was negative. Constantine had way too much control over the Church when it was very susceptible to outside influences. The Church was just uncovering its identity and denying heresies and having written statements of what the Christians should believe With all of this influence Constantine had altered the church a little too much for him to not be considered a bad influence on the Church. With all of the ideals and main focal points that were changed such as pacifism, the
