“For want of a Pilate of their own, some Christians would accept a Constantine or whomever might be the current incarnation of Caesar.” WantMightChristianAcceptingCurrentsIncarnationConstantine Author:Wendell Berry
“It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine.” IfsWorldHas BeensDifferentMightChristianChristianityBitterEmpiresAdoptedMight Have BeenChristian FaithConstantineEmperor Constantine Book:On Liberty Source: On Liberty
“With Free minds all are to worship their Gods.” MindWorshipConstantineEmperor Constantine Author:Constantine the Great
“One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period – the centuries that is, before Constantine, and two after, determine the boundary of our faith.” WritingTwoThreeFatherFiveFourCenturyPeriodsSeriesDetermineBoundariesCreedsTestamentCouncilCanonConstantine Book:Sermons Source: Sermons
“Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the powerful, and a pacifist doctrine. And it remained that way, that's what Christianity was up... until Constantine. :Constantine shifted it so the cross, which was the symbol of persecution of somebody working for the poor, was put on the shield of the Roman Empire. It became the symbol for violence and oppression, and that's pretty much what the church has been until the present.” WayHas BeensJesusChurchPoorPowerfulChristianityRichViolenceMessagesCrossesDoctrineOppressionSymbolsThriveEmpiresPersecutionShieldsCritiqueRoman EmpirePacifistConstantine Author:Noam Chomsky
“Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary, he destroyed its most attractive and dynamic aspects, turning a high-intensity, grassroots movement into an arrogant institution controlled by an elite who often managed to be both brutal and lax.” LongChristianityMovementAspectClaimsInstitutionsContraryAcceptedConversionDestroyedTriumphAttractiveControlledHistorianIntensityElitesArrogantBrutalEmperorGrassrootsConstantineLaxGrassroots MovementsEmperor Constantine Author:Rodney Stark
“All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable fortress, to be the guardian of my own heart, But he admitted that he could not teach me how or when to allow the fortress to be breached or my heart to be unlocked. It would simply happen, he said. he promised it would, in fact. But how is love to find me, even assuming it is looking?” WorldHeartSaidFactsHappensMy OwnTeachTaughtMy HeartAssumingGuardianFind MeArtificeFortressesDuchessConstantine Author:Mary Balogh