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306
Constantine: Christian or Opportunist
His escape would change history, for his name was Constantine. He would become the first ruler in the western world to base the laws of the state upon the teachings of Jesus Christ. -
312
constantine
It still stand in Rome, the Milvian Bridge, over the murky Tiber River. Here the battle took place that would be a critical milestone in the unfolding of Christian and European civilization. -
313
Licinius' Edict Relieved Christians
Licinius has embraced Christianity." Even worldly-wise Christians like Eusebius of Caesarea, the first notable church historian, cheered the news. -
354
Birth of Augustine
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410
Rome Fell but a Christian Classic Arose
August 24, 410, the city of Rome, once master of the Mediterranean, fell to Alaric and his Visigoth armies. Someone opened the city gate from within. -
524
Boethius Executed for Treason
The courage with which one man faced torture and death in old Rome became a source of inspiration to all of Christendom for centuries. -
Gregory the Great elected Pope
Pope Gregory I (590 - 604) was the right man in the right place at the right time. Previously a government official who had sold all of his property in order to become a Benedictine monk, he was elected pope after the death of Pelagius II. -
Death of Stalwart Bishop Ambrose
Milan's bishop was dying. Whether consciously or unconsciously, he extended his arms like Christ on the cross. Christ Jesus appeared to him in a vision. People were awed. -
Augustine converts to Christianity
Augustine’s intellectual restlessness led him to embrace Manichaeism, a popular religion of the day that held a dualistic view of the world as a battle between light and dark, flesh and spirit -
Augustines confesions
"I was such a miserable young man! I knew my life was messed up and filled with foolish fleshly indulgences. Oh yes, I did want to change, at least at times I did. I had actually prayed words to the effect: "God, help me clean up my sordid life -- but just not yet." I was afraid that you, God, would take me at my word and deliver me, and I wasn't ready to let go of a lot of things."
