Dr. Dafydd Daniel

So it seems to have believed in one God and seems like a lot of people in the ancient world too, and not least Christians themselves, have had the view that you may have sort of natural revelation of God and then further revelation of him. So there's no inconsistent to say, well, the sun God is revealed as actually being this other one God, this Christian God.

So it seems to have believed in one God and seems like a lot of people in the ancient world too, and not least Christians themselves, have had the view that you may have sort of natural revelation of God and then further revelation of him. So there's no inconsistent to say, well, the sun God is revealed as actually being this other one God, this Christian God.

And then you take Christianity very seriously. As I mentioned, the Council of Isles very early on when he's deciding about Donatist, but St. Peter's Basilica right in Rome, that's 318, starts to build that. Then 330 establishes Constantinople as a new capital. That's sort of festooned with all those Christian buildings. It's a vibrant pluralist sense of religion, isn't it?

And then you take Christianity very seriously. As I mentioned, the Council of Isles very early on when he's deciding about Donatist, but St. Peter's Basilica right in Rome, that's 318, starts to build that. Then 330 establishes Constantinople as a new capital. That's sort of festooned with all those Christian buildings. It's a vibrant pluralist sense of religion, isn't it?

And then you take Christianity very seriously. As I mentioned, the Council of Isles very early on when he's deciding about Donatist, but St. Peter's Basilica right in Rome, that's 318, starts to build that. Then 330 establishes Constantinople as a new capital. That's sort of festooned with all those Christian buildings. It's a vibrant pluralist sense of religion, isn't it?

That religion can appear in different forms, as long as it's peaceful. The particular religion that you worship in this case, Christianity for Constantine, he doesn't have to repeal the Edict of Milan, which is about freedom of religious worship and convert to a Christian. That's sort of what I'm trying to get across, I suppose.

That religion can appear in different forms, as long as it's peaceful. The particular religion that you worship in this case, Christianity for Constantine, he doesn't have to repeal the Edict of Milan, which is about freedom of religious worship and convert to a Christian. That's sort of what I'm trying to get across, I suppose.

That religion can appear in different forms, as long as it's peaceful. The particular religion that you worship in this case, Christianity for Constantine, he doesn't have to repeal the Edict of Milan, which is about freedom of religious worship and convert to a Christian. That's sort of what I'm trying to get across, I suppose.

Yes, so he does call the council and seems to preside over it in some form, interjecting the debate, so far as we can tell. He feels bound to call it, as far as we can tell from the documents we have from the time. It's not that he's very interested in going back to your point about hedging the bets. No, he's very interested in the theological question. that's at issue.

Yes, so he does call the council and seems to preside over it in some form, interjecting the debate, so far as we can tell. He feels bound to call it, as far as we can tell from the documents we have from the time. It's not that he's very interested in going back to your point about hedging the bets. No, he's very interested in the theological question. that's at issue.

Yes, so he does call the council and seems to preside over it in some form, interjecting the debate, so far as we can tell. He feels bound to call it, as far as we can tell from the documents we have from the time. It's not that he's very interested in going back to your point about hedging the bets. No, he's very interested in the theological question. that's at issue.

In fact, he thinks it's ridiculous as far as we tell that, you know, we should stop messing around and introducing disorder debates over this sort of minute and obscure, you know, theologians of any age, I suppose, can find something to disagree over. They need to not to bother with that sort of stuff just to keep peace in the church. So His interest definitely in peaceableness, in order.

In fact, he thinks it's ridiculous as far as we tell that, you know, we should stop messing around and introducing disorder debates over this sort of minute and obscure, you know, theologians of any age, I suppose, can find something to disagree over. They need to not to bother with that sort of stuff just to keep peace in the church. So His interest definitely in peaceableness, in order.

In fact, he thinks it's ridiculous as far as we tell that, you know, we should stop messing around and introducing disorder debates over this sort of minute and obscure, you know, theologians of any age, I suppose, can find something to disagree over. They need to not to bother with that sort of stuff just to keep peace in the church. So His interest definitely in peaceableness, in order.

I mean, Eusebius dubs him bishop of those outside the church. So he's not an official churchman, not baptized, of course, as he isn't until he's just before he dies. But he's responsible for those who are believers. Another way of putting it, I suppose, is that what Constantine represents is the laity, right? The voice of the laity coming into Christian affairs. They should be represented.

I mean, Eusebius dubs him bishop of those outside the church. So he's not an official churchman, not baptized, of course, as he isn't until he's just before he dies. But he's responsible for those who are believers. Another way of putting it, I suppose, is that what Constantine represents is the laity, right? The voice of the laity coming into Christian affairs. They should be represented.

I mean, Eusebius dubs him bishop of those outside the church. So he's not an official churchman, not baptized, of course, as he isn't until he's just before he dies. But he's responsible for those who are believers. Another way of putting it, I suppose, is that what Constantine represents is the laity, right? The voice of the laity coming into Christian affairs. They should be represented.

They should have a sense of it because you can't allow... theologians to entangle things in endless debates, especially when those debates spill over into civic disorder.

They should have a sense of it because you can't allow... theologians to entangle things in endless debates, especially when those debates spill over into civic disorder.

They should have a sense of it because you can't allow... theologians to entangle things in endless debates, especially when those debates spill over into civic disorder.