The church would have us believe that the Emperor Constantine suddenly "found Jesus" and decided to turn his entire empire ...

This is Venetian artist Palma Vecchio’s depiction of Emperor Constantine I and his mother, Saint Helen, who greatly influenced his religious beliefs. Vecchio lived from 1480-1528. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon. ... We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by, lo and ...

Asking me to write a review of Peter Leithart's defense of Emperor Con­stantine may seem like asking the fox to inspect the henhouse. My work, after all, has been closely identified with that of John ...

Three hundred and 13 years after Jesus Christ had walked the earth, Constantine the Great, the emperor of Rome, made history with his establishment of religious freedom throughout his empire. The Rev.

Constantine’s act of “calling himself a Christian and pouring in that flood of wealth and power on the church,” John Wesley charged in 1787, “was productive of more evil to the church than all the ten ...

A mosaic of St. Silvester baptizing Emperor Constantine, from the Basilica Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome. Peter1936F/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their ...

(RNS) — History reminds us that when Christianity is captured by empire, it may flourish in power but withers in spirit. (RNS) — At the funeral of Pope Francis, one image stood out: Donald Trump, ...