(November 13, 2014 at 2:19 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 13, 2014 at 2:14 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I have a book here somewhere by an Australian Christian that says that there was a deal between the growing catholic church and I think Constantine that saw both benefit. The catholic church managed to land grab 3/4 of Europe. Rome made it illegal to be non Christian. Some of the church father's were on the council in Rome.
As I said above. It wasn't till 380 that paganism was made illegal by Theodosius I. His predecessor Julian actually pushed back on christianity.
So Constantine certainly had some influence, but he wasn't the great mover some think him to be. And he wasn't christian. Some say, he converted on his death bed.
Yes I saw what you said, and was kinda supporting you. This guy cited Constantine as being instrumental in striking the deal. There was nothing about belief involved. There was even less about faith involved as a result. Just a mass adoption of something riding on the back of it.
