medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> There is also a problem of definition: he is generally regarded as
> having
> "converted" in 312 or 313, but he was only baptised on his deathbed.
>
> John Briggs
Exactly so. You have to put "converted" in quotation marks. Constantine
certainly began to show great favour to the Christian Church from 312,
but from a Catholic viewpoint this does not amount to conversion.
Bill.
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