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Rethinking Constantine [electronic resource] : history, theology, and legacy / edited by Edward L. Smither.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780227902721
  • 0227902726
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking Constantine : History, Theology and Legacy.DDC classification:
  • 937.08092 22
LOC classification:
  • BR180 .C46 2014
  • BR180 .R484 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; 1. From Sinner to Saint?: Seeking a Consistent Constantine; 2. Lactantius as Architect of a Constantinian and Christian: Victory over the Empire; 3. Rethinking Constantine's Interaction with the North African "Donatist" Schism; 4. Reevaluating Constantine's Legacy in Trinitarian Orthodoxy: New Evidence from Eusebius of Caesarea's Commentary on Isaiah; 5. Constantine, Sabbath-Keeping, and Sunday Observance; 6. Did the Rise of Constantine Mean the End of Christian Mission?; Epilogue; Bibliography.
Summary: On the eve of his battle against Maxentius at Milvian Bridge in 312, Flavius Valerius Constantinus (ca. 273/74-337) reportedly saw a symbol in the sky, which played a role in his conversion to faith in the Christian God and began a new chapter in the relationship between church and state. What happens to the church when the emperor becomes a Christian? Should such a triumph be perceived as God's will and the fulfilment of prophecy? Or, was it the beginning of compromise and worldly captivity for a pilgrim people? Constantine's life-his career, faith, and relationship to the church-raises questi.
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; 1. From Sinner to Saint?: Seeking a Consistent Constantine; 2. Lactantius as Architect of a Constantinian and Christian: Victory over the Empire; 3. Rethinking Constantine's Interaction with the North African "Donatist" Schism; 4. Reevaluating Constantine's Legacy in Trinitarian Orthodoxy: New Evidence from Eusebius of Caesarea's Commentary on Isaiah; 5. Constantine, Sabbath-Keeping, and Sunday Observance; 6. Did the Rise of Constantine Mean the End of Christian Mission?; Epilogue; Bibliography.

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On the eve of his battle against Maxentius at Milvian Bridge in 312, Flavius Valerius Constantinus (ca. 273/74-337) reportedly saw a symbol in the sky, which played a role in his conversion to faith in the Christian God and began a new chapter in the relationship between church and state. What happens to the church when the emperor becomes a Christian? Should such a triumph be perceived as God's will and the fulfilment of prophecy? Or, was it the beginning of compromise and worldly captivity for a pilgrim people? Constantine's life-his career, faith, and relationship to the church-raises questi.

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