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Constantine ends not converting, technically, to Christianity, but becoming a patron of one particular branch of the church. It happens to be the branch of the church that has the Old Testament as ...

When Constantine the Great (AD 272–337) consolidated power as the sole ruler of the Roman Empire, he initiated changes that permanently transformed both Western and Eastern civilizations. His ...

In this second commentary on the Council of Nicaea, I would like to revisit the pivotal role played by the man who convened it: the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. It is indeed paradoxical that a ...