medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Quoting Bill East <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > Today (18. August) is the feast day of:
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> > Helena (d. c. 330) Helena was the mother of Constantine, dismissed
> > as too lowly in birth when her husband Constantius Chlorus was named
> > Caesar. Constantine, though, named her Augusta as soon as he became
> > Augustus. H. converted to Christianity (probably after her son did)
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> Is that possible? Constantine converted on his death bed.
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> Bill.
I just read an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
(admittedly a Protestant publication) and it says nothing about Constantine
converting on his death bed. It does talk a lot about his activities as
Emperor and it certainly sounds like he was a Christian, if not, then acting on
behalf of Christian interests. Also, what about the Nicean Creed and all that?
May I suggest a possibility to for someone to checkout further. I know that it
was a, sometime, early church practice to be baptized on one's death bed. Is
it possible that Constantine was baptized on his death bed? This would not
present Protestants (and maybe Catholics?) from seeing an earlier conversion.
V. K. Inman
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