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.You know why he was called Constantine, The Great?.Rome respected a ruthless leader.Christianity also had a set of books.
Please tell me that Constantine was a fine upstanding leader who didn't value Ignorance among the masses, Gold, murder and pussy.
Christianity had lots of books... and that was part of the problem that Constantine had to solve. Which books to you keep to maintain a somewhat consistent view of Christianity. It's why they kept the synaptic Gospels but got rid of the Gnostic ones.
Constantine was an interesting character when considered in the CONTEXT of Roman History. Now, being a big fan of Roman History, Constantine came in on the tale end of the "Crisis of the Third Century". In that time, the Roman Empire was beset by almost constant civil war as anyone with an army could declare himself emperor and hijack the Empire or a large chunk of it. In a 50 year period, 26 men declared themselves as "Emperor". Most of them died violent deaths. It included the first Emperor to die in combat (Decius) and the first to be captured by a foreign enemy (Valerian).
NO, he wasn't a "nice guy", but he was a leader Rome needed at that period in its history, to the point where he re-established political stability. Part of that was establishing a "State religion". Yes, you couldn't get Latins, Gauls, Greeks and Egyptians to all identify with a Roman nationality, but you could unite them under a single God, which is what he tried to do.
The books, by the way, are not even in chronological order because The Book of James slammed Paul and the Jesus nonsense, so he had that put at the end.
.Rome respected a ruthless leader.
no, that's what they would like you to believe.
If you didn't call him that, you didn't live.
.You know why he was called Constantine, The Great?
If you didn't call him that, you didn't live.
they recycle themselves every generation, for centuries ... do you know who does their bidding for them -
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it's not a trick question.