Ideological Background of Emperor's Constantine's Religious Policy
By the middle of the 3rd century the once glorious Roman Empire was past its prime. It was considerably weakened both economically and socially. Emperor Constantine the Great expected the intensification of monotheistic religiousness to solve the severe–seemingly hopeless–situation. He was hardly f...
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By the middle of the 3rd century the once glorious Roman Empire was past its prime. It was considerably weakened both economically and socially. Emperor Constantine the Great expected the intensification of monotheistic religiousness to solve the severe–seemingly hopeless–situation. He was hardly familiar with matters of theology, but was quite sure that he can achieve the stability of his own power by combining the strongest religions of the Empire ideologically. In the spirit of this policy, Christianity and sun-worship got close to each other, and the emperor supported both. What is interesting about the aforementioned process of combining religions is that the Christians of the 4th century did not object to this tendency. On the contrary, they considered it to be the evidence of divine Providence.
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| spelling | doaj.art-10983b98de9140e2aefbf548a861ece62022-12-22T00:59:09ZengEditura Universității AdventusTheoRhēma1842-06132784-26652015-12-01102Ideological Background of Emperor's Constantine's Religious PolicyTibor Tonhaizer By the middle of the 3rd century the once glorious Roman Empire was past its prime. It was considerably weakened both economically and socially. Emperor Constantine the Great expected the intensification of monotheistic religiousness to solve the severe–seemingly hopeless–situation. He was hardly familiar with matters of theology, but was quite sure that he can achieve the stability of his own power by combining the strongest religions of the Empire ideologically. In the spirit of this policy, Christianity and sun-worship got close to each other, and the emperor supported both. What is interesting about the aforementioned process of combining religions is that the Christians of the 4th century did not object to this tendency. On the contrary, they considered it to be the evidence of divine Providence. https://publications.uadventus.ro/index.php/thrh/article/view/37syncretismsun-worshipgeniussolar monotheismpolitical stabilityRomanism |
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