Title: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Headings: Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Constantine I: Contributions to Christianity and Other Accomplishments
Roman emperor Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD and the accompanying conversion to Christianity is considered to be one of the crucial events in Western history. Yet, the genuineness and completeness of Constantine’s conversion has been under scrutiny for several centuries now. Why?
Constantine and Christianity
Constantine’s Sincerity in Conversion
Contradictions of Constantine, the Christian
Constantine, the Interventionist
Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
Embracing the Diocletian’s Reforms
Common Questions about Constantine I
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Content: The council debated on the divine status of Jesus and instituted the document called Nicene Creed, a statement of the Orthodox Church to deal with certain voices of dissent. The key line of the Creed declares that Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit “contain the same divine essence”, and to this day, this remains core doctrine of the Catholic Church. More than being just a leader of the Church, Constantine even seems to have viewed himself as the equivalent of an Apostle. He built a basilica containing statues of the traditional 12 apostles and in their center left a niche for a statue of himself. Learn more about early Christianity and the rise of Constantine. Constantinople, the Eastern Capital
One of the most significant achievements of Constantine was the construction of the impressive city of Constantinople to serve as the eastern capital of the empire. He selected the old Greek colony of Byzantium and completely rebuilt it into a spectacular new capital, and named it after himself, Constantinople. The ancient city is located in modern-day Turkey and now known as Istanbul. The grand new eastern capital of Constantinople was officially dedicated on May 11, 330 AD. It was endowed with the same features as the western capital of Rome and included a grand palace, an amphitheater, a hippodrome for chariot racing, a senate, and libraries.