constantine the great and the cross
Directed by Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper. He was co-Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire and Emperor of the entire empire from AD 306-337 and came to be known as Constantine the Great. It comes, therefore, as no surprise that the Chi-Rho cross that Constantine the Great saw in his vision is a cross that is sometimes depicted as an eight-pointed cross. With Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato, Christine Kaufmann. While the theology of the cross is taught by Paul and the sign of the cross for baptism and protection is reported fairly early, the use of a physical cross rarely appears before the fourth century. Constantine was a pagan monotheist, a devotee of the sun god Sol Invictus, the unconquered sun. The ruler is depicted here as awed by the vision of a cross presaging victory of an important battle in 312 A.D. Christianity in the 4th century was dominated in its early stage by Constantine the Great and the First Council of Nicaea of 325, which was the beginning of the period of the First seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787), and in its late stage by the Edict of Thessalonica of 380, which made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire The first is by Lactantius, a tutor to Constantine's son and a good authority. On October 28, 312, Constantine marched on Rome and met Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor and founder of Constantinople (today’s Istanbul), converted to Christianity in the 4th century when he had a vision of a cross burning in the sky above a battlefield. Biopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome. There are two accounts of Constantine's conversion to Christianity. (Constantine actually resisted baptism until he was on his deathbed.) Constantine the Great: The Vision of the Cross Posted on October 27, 2013 March 12, 2017 by Kim Seabrook The Emperor Constantine was the man who formally established Christianity as the religion of the known world. He states that in Gaul, before setting out towards Rome, Constantine and his army saw a great cross in the sky. on bronze coins of Constantine the Great Some ancient sources (Eusebius. The use of a physical cross as a sign and symbol emerged gradually in Christian practices. Constantine's Vision. Constantine | Helena > Constantine: The Great . Constantine I (ruled AD 306-337) has to be one of the most puzzling personalities of Christian history. The History of the Church 6:34) say that Philip, Roman emperor from A.D. 244-249, was the first Christian emperor. 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