The Role Of Constantine's Contribution To The Development Of Christianity
Christianity has been known to human beings as the world’s largest religion. People nowadays are familiar with lots of Christian terms, such as Cross, Bible and God, even though some people are not Christians. This phenomenon can be attributed to the spread of God’s words by Christians and Christian church all over the world. Their contributions to spread Christianity support the development of the religion. In the development of Christianity, many famous people had contributed to spread God’s words. Emperor Constantine played an influential role in promoting the development of Christianity.
Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. His conversion to Christianity was a milestone in the development of the religion. …show more content…
“Ever since the fall of the Severan Dynasty in 235, rivals for the imperial throne had bid for support by either favoring or persecuting Christians” (Frend, 135). During this time, Christianity was illegal for citizens to talk about. They are forbidden to worship their God, nor proclaim their faith. Any specific Christian element can not be found in Christian artworks before 313 AD. Christian artists, since their faith was not known by any one, might be forced to produce artwork used to worship the other legal religious gods. However, artists hided bible stories in their artwork and metaphorized elements, such as shepherds, to worship God in their artworks. The establish of the Edict of Milan can be marked as the milestone in the development of Christianity, which gave Christianity a legal …show more content…
“As an emperor, Constantine united the Roman empire, and he enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strength the empire” (Stephenson). His reform of Roman empire reversed the frail Rome. The new government structure that he established was the important institutional foundations of the Roman empire for more than a thousand years. From this point of view, although the Constantine era was not the golden age of Roman empire, he was the pivotal monarch who turned the frail Rome into a unity and set up a slid foundation for the later growth of the
Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. His conversion to Christianity was a milestone in the development of the religion. …show more content…
“Ever since the fall of the Severan Dynasty in 235, rivals for the imperial throne had bid for support by either favoring or persecuting Christians” (Frend, 135). During this time, Christianity was illegal for citizens to talk about. They are forbidden to worship their God, nor proclaim their faith. Any specific Christian element can not be found in Christian artworks before 313 AD. Christian artists, since their faith was not known by any one, might be forced to produce artwork used to worship the other legal religious gods. However, artists hided bible stories in their artwork and metaphorized elements, such as shepherds, to worship God in their artworks. The establish of the Edict of Milan can be marked as the milestone in the development of Christianity, which gave Christianity a legal …show more content…
“As an emperor, Constantine united the Roman empire, and he enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strength the empire” (Stephenson). His reform of Roman empire reversed the frail Rome. The new government structure that he established was the important institutional foundations of the Roman empire for more than a thousand years. From this point of view, although the Constantine era was not the golden age of Roman empire, he was the pivotal monarch who turned the frail Rome into a unity and set up a slid foundation for the later growth of the