RE: Paul's Writings Underpin Western Thought
July 26, 2018 at 6:22 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2018 at 6:30 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I didn't see what Brian offered..but...Constantine was a reformer by necessity, the imperial cult had withered (Julian called-Apostate after him would not be able to revive it) and he needed a new hook on both the plebs and the military. He spent his time as emperor consolidating his power and far be it from me to say that the elderly Constantine.... on his deathbed...... didn't deeply truly believe...but...if he did, it was still damned convenient to the diminished seat of the roman emperor at the time. That particular throne had always been based on divine providence (ideologically)....but the scheme of divinity was changing.
IDK if the emperor would have converted specifically for it's value as propaganda....but I doubt that he would have been unaware of the same.
(it helps to check works on the early lives of constantine and his immediate successors.......honestly, very interesting people. Julian, easily, is my favorite person in history. As far as christerism is concverned..the two men had the same people in common but the outcome was directly opposite.) Whatever the Eusebs had to say to Constantine (and ignoring the practical value)..it had a converse effect on Julian)
IDK if the emperor would have converted specifically for it's value as propaganda....but I doubt that he would have been unaware of the same.
(it helps to check works on the early lives of constantine and his immediate successors.......honestly, very interesting people. Julian, easily, is my favorite person in history. As far as christerism is concverned..the two men had the same people in common but the outcome was directly opposite.) Whatever the Eusebs had to say to Constantine (and ignoring the practical value)..it had a converse effect on Julian)
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