Constantine, Emperor
280-337 CE 57 years
280-337 CE 57 years
aka: Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (full
name), Constantine 1, Constantine the Great, Saint
Constantine, ...
name), Constantine 1, Constantine the Great, Saint
Constantine, ...
Roman emperor 306-37
born in modern Serbia area
mother was an inn-keeper's daughter
father was a Roman general
proclaimed himself as emperor in York, England, then part of
the Roman Empire. He was 26 years old.
invoked the Council of Nicea, 325, a major re-alignment of
Christian power spheres--basically the creation of Roman
Catholicism, breaking from the Eastern Orthodox Church.
became the first Christian Roman emperor.
declared the city of Byzantium to be the capital of the Roman
Empire, renamed "Constantinople" after his death, and then
changed to "Istanbul" by the Ottoman Turks who captured the
city in 1453.
mother, Helena, was made a saint--St. Helena.
married 2x.
born in modern Serbia area
mother was an inn-keeper's daughter
father was a Roman general
proclaimed himself as emperor in York, England, then part of
the Roman Empire. He was 26 years old.
invoked the Council of Nicea, 325, a major re-alignment of
Christian power spheres--basically the creation of Roman
Catholicism, breaking from the Eastern Orthodox Church.
became the first Christian Roman emperor.
declared the city of Byzantium to be the capital of the Roman
Empire, renamed "Constantinople" after his death, and then
changed to "Istanbul" by the Ottoman Turks who captured the
city in 1453.
mother, Helena, was made a saint--St. Helena.
married 2x.
Roman Empire at the
time of Constantine.
time of Constantine.
| There was a great debate in the time of the emperor Constantine, whether to continue circumcision for Christians. He was a Roman and the president of the council of Nicaea that was deciding what to do about circumcision. Because they were all Jews converted into Christians, Constantine voted against it. That's why Christians stopped circumcision; now they are starting again... --Osho God is Dead, Now Zen is the Only Living Truth, ch. 4 |
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