Constantines Conversion Flashcards
What did Constantine do
Paseesd the edict of the Milan
What did the edict of Milan do
Made Christianity legal and allowed Christian’s to meet and worship freely without fear of persecution
What did the edict of Milan ban
Jews owning Christian slaves
What did Constantine also make people do
Any property of Christian’s be given back.He even gave his wife’s palace back to the bishop of rome
How did Constantine’s movement help progress Christianity
More copies of Christian’s scriptures were made
More churches built
Allowed Christian’s to get food jobs and privileged treatment in court
Church leaders didn’t need to pay certain taxes
Sunday became an official day of rest
What did Constantine’s conversion after battle cause
Christianity to become the main religion within 100yrs
When did Constantine’s diversion happen
312CE
Why did Constantine’s conevert
Constantine converted to Christianity after winning his battle against Maxentius.Maxentius was claimed to have magical parts, so the night before his battle Constantine decided to pray to God(his mum was a Christian). while he was praying, he saw a bright light and cross with the words conquer by this on it at the battle Constantine card across and one against an army four times stronger. He believes the God was the reason he had won and converted to Christianity. ✝️ 
Who bath causing arguments amongst the church
A man named arius
What were these arguments about
The identity of jesus
What was arias belief
Arius claimed that god created jesus so jesus was a lesser being than god
What happened that Constantine became afraid the church would split
Arius ideas became popular
What did Constantine do about the issue
In 325CE he called a meeting of 200bishops with took place in Nivea to discuss Arius controversy
What was agreed at the meeting and done
They all agreed that arius ideals were heresy .They wrote out a creed outlining the beliefs of the Christian church.
What did the niceness creed state
That Jesus was truly god and one substance with the father.Meaning Jesus was both god and man
