(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.


