Conversion of Constantine to Christianity Essay

Emperor Constantine, unlike Alexius was not born a Christian, he became a Christian during his life. Eusebius’s description of Constantine’s moment of conversion is a very memorable part of the book: “Knowing well that he would need more powerful aid than an army can supply, he [Contantine] sought a God to aid him…This God he began to invoke in prayer, beseeching and imploring him to show who he was, and to stretch out his right hand to assist him in his plans…About the time of the Midday sun,…

Rome was one of the largest empires and is very well know and is loved by historians and children. But what some people do not know is that Christianity was one of the main reasons Rome fell. And what to many may be shocking was allowed by the emperors of Rome. It started when Constantine started the conversion started to Christianity because originally the romans were polytheistic and now they’re monotheistic. Since they originally thought of their emperor as a god and now the Christian God…

From the first century A.D. to the fourth century A.D., the ideas, development and practice of Christianity changed tremendously from a small Jewish sect during the first century who was among one of the most persecuted groups in the Roman Empire to becoming the state religion of all of the Roman empire during the fourth century. Even though Jerusalem was the birthplace of the religion of Christianity, it was not such a success in this region, in actuality the success of the religion came from…

Northern Africa before traveling to study in Italy for several years. After his conversion, he moved back to Northern Africa, Algeria to be exact, and became a Catholic bishop. His birth and conversion occurred several years after Constantine had first declared Christianity to be a state religion and played an important role in mainstreaming the religion. Therefore, Augustine’s responsibility was not to make Christianity a well-known religion but to help identify how to best live out the…

Eusebius’ excerpt The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine and Mou Tzu’s excerpt The Disposition of Error clearly depict the issues Rome and China faced as these new religions entered their society. During Eusebius’ time Christianity was a fairly new religion and was seen as a threat to Pagan Rome, thus it received a lot of backlash. Mou Tzu lived in 6th century China which was after the Han Dynasty fell. This was a time where people were open to new ideas. Thus Mahayana Buddhism flourished…

and economic activities. Also, the rise of Christianity was also a huge part of the culture. The great conversion of Constantine was the pivotal part of the growth of the religion.…

Title Conversion, in the early medieval Christian world, was a powerful tool for not only expanding Christianity, but also for expanding imperial authority. In the sixth century, Pope Gregory I, or Gregory the Great, cemented his legacy for conversion by creating the first papal mission of any pagan people in Anglo-Saxon Britain. While Christianity had visited the island briefly, during the Roman occupation, the Anglo-Saxon’s and their paganism dominated the religious sphere on the island in…

which women’s chastity and asceticism become sources of power and direct links to God and Christ in which male lust is the fault of men, which is seen as un-Christlike” (Wetmore 18). Gallicanus is a satire that focuses on male lust and the conversion to Christianity. In the Benedictine monastery at Bad Gandersheim in Saxony, the noble women in the convent may have read Gallicanus and her other works aloud. There is little evidence to support or deny this possibility but “if they were performed,…

The universal world religions of Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism have similarities within their general beliefs and how they were spread; however, the core tenants of faith of the religions were distinct and unique to the faith. The universal world religions had some similar beliefs and practices within the religion. The universal world religions had distinct and unique core tenants of faith practiced within each religion. The spread of the universal world religions was similar in how they…

During the conversion of the mosque to a museum, hundreds of Christian mosaic art pieces were revealed from underneath plaster. Religious mosaics can be seen from wall to wall throughout its decorated interior. The Sunu, Deesis, and Theotokos mosaics imbedded on the walls of the Hagia Sophia not only beautifies the interior, but are an essential part of the religious beliefs taught and practiced in the Church. In the year 1849, one of the most important and prominent mosaics was discovered…