Wesley Huff

Right before Constantine, you had a guy named Diocletian, who was the emperor, who basically had the goal of wiping out Christianity entirely. And so the worst point of persecution was under the Diocletian rule. He actually made it so that if you had to go into the equivalent of your town hall, then you had to take a pinch of incense and offer it onto the...

altar of caesar him right the king and say uh caesar is lord and part of this was that they knew that christians say jesus is lord and christians wouldn't do that so here's how you outed them and if you didn't do this so if you did do it you were getting this given this piece of paper it's called a libelous and a libelous allowed you to buy and sell

altar of caesar him right the king and say uh caesar is lord and part of this was that they knew that christians say jesus is lord and christians wouldn't do that so here's how you outed them and if you didn't do this so if you did do it you were getting this given this piece of paper it's called a libelous and a libelous allowed you to buy and sell

altar of caesar him right the king and say uh caesar is lord and part of this was that they knew that christians say jesus is lord and christians wouldn't do that so here's how you outed them and if you didn't do this so if you did do it you were getting this given this piece of paper it's called a libelous and a libelous allowed you to buy and sell

If you didn't do it, you didn't get a Liblus, which meant that you were not allowed to buy and sell. And so you have this incredible era of persecution where Christians are being like killed and Christian literature in particular is being destroyed because they're hunting it out. So Constantine comes after this and he knows that this is bad for Roman society. And so him and Licinius get together.

If you didn't do it, you didn't get a Liblus, which meant that you were not allowed to buy and sell. And so you have this incredible era of persecution where Christians are being like killed and Christian literature in particular is being destroyed because they're hunting it out. So Constantine comes after this and he knows that this is bad for Roman society. And so him and Licinius get together.

If you didn't do it, you didn't get a Liblus, which meant that you were not allowed to buy and sell. And so you have this incredible era of persecution where Christians are being like killed and Christian literature in particular is being destroyed because they're hunting it out. So Constantine comes after this and he knows that this is bad for Roman society. And so him and Licinius get together.

They're both ruling the Roman Empire at the time. And in 313, they put out this edict of tolerance. which includes Christianity. So it's called the Edict of Milan, and it decriminalizes Christianity, so it's no longer illegal to be a Christian. What was their motivation? I think they just felt like...

They're both ruling the Roman Empire at the time. And in 313, they put out this edict of tolerance. which includes Christianity. So it's called the Edict of Milan, and it decriminalizes Christianity, so it's no longer illegal to be a Christian. What was their motivation? I think they just felt like...

They're both ruling the Roman Empire at the time. And in 313, they put out this edict of tolerance. which includes Christianity. So it's called the Edict of Milan, and it decriminalizes Christianity, so it's no longer illegal to be a Christian. What was their motivation? I think they just felt like...

In order to establish peace within the empire, you need to make sure that people aren't fearing you constantly to that degree. And so it wasn't just Christianity that benefited from the Edict of Milan. A number of religious minority groups were benefited from this particular event, but This happens between 313 and 325. Constantine converts. And so he becomes friendly to Christians.

In order to establish peace within the empire, you need to make sure that people aren't fearing you constantly to that degree. And so it wasn't just Christianity that benefited from the Edict of Milan. A number of religious minority groups were benefited from this particular event, but This happens between 313 and 325. Constantine converts. And so he becomes friendly to Christians.

In order to establish peace within the empire, you need to make sure that people aren't fearing you constantly to that degree. And so it wasn't just Christianity that benefited from the Edict of Milan. A number of religious minority groups were benefited from this particular event, but This happens between 313 and 325. Constantine converts. And so he becomes friendly to Christians.

He also he he commissions books of the Bible to be written. And so this is where we first get our understanding. Like when we think of a Bible. We think of it as like in a single bound volume, like because we have the 66 books of the Bible and, you know, has a nice cover on the page or on the front. But in the ancient world, those existed independently.

He also he he commissions books of the Bible to be written. And so this is where we first get our understanding. Like when we think of a Bible. We think of it as like in a single bound volume, like because we have the 66 books of the Bible and, you know, has a nice cover on the page or on the front. But in the ancient world, those existed independently.

He also he he commissions books of the Bible to be written. And so this is where we first get our understanding. Like when we think of a Bible. We think of it as like in a single bound volume, like because we have the 66 books of the Bible and, you know, has a nice cover on the page or on the front. But in the ancient world, those existed independently.

So like P52, like that would be a separate copy of the Gospel of John. And that's what it would have been understood as scripture. Well, Constantine, as like a peace offering, commissions all of these documents to be brought together and published in one book. And so we actually have what we think are some of these documents.

So like P52, like that would be a separate copy of the Gospel of John. And that's what it would have been understood as scripture. Well, Constantine, as like a peace offering, commissions all of these documents to be brought together and published in one book. And so we actually have what we think are some of these documents.

So like P52, like that would be a separate copy of the Gospel of John. And that's what it would have been understood as scripture. Well, Constantine, as like a peace offering, commissions all of these documents to be brought together and published in one book. And so we actually have what we think are some of these documents.

So when I was talking with Billy Carson, he brought up the Sinai Bible, Codex Sinaiticus. Codex Sinaiticus is probably one of these documents that Constantine commissioned because it's one of our earliest examples of a cover-to-cover Genesis to Revelation copy of the Bible. And it comes from the fourth century.