According to the tradition Constantine had a vision in which Jesus showed him the sign of the cross with the command “in this sign conquer”. How does this reconcile with Jesus’s command to love enemies? >> “But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭44‬ ‭NET‬‬ Or Jesus’s command that his kingdom isn’t one that will come through violence? >>>“Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭18‬:‭36‬ ‭NET‬‬ Could this be a different Jesus that appeared to Constantine? One that Paul warns about in his letter to the Corinthians >> “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭4‬ ‭NET‬‬

Lately I've been trying to figure out whether or not Constantine is a Nicene Christian. He was baptised by Eusebius who was of course an Arian. And since he was very close to Eusebius, he was influenced by Arian views (exiling Saint Athanasius). Some sources I have looked at say that he favored Arianism instead of the Orthodox christian view. Others say that he also exiled Eusebius because he continued to teach Arianism. Was Constantine an Orthodox/Nicene Christian believing Christ was in fact God?

Constantine the Great and his Christian faith: Does anyone have any insight on how Constantine came to put his faith in Christ and what specifically led him [to commission the making of ***Codex Sinaiticus***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus#Date) ?

I was reading a National Geographic article about the recent restoration work done at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel in which the stone slab that covered the supposed resting place of Jesus was removed. According to the article, it went on to say: > ...it was first identified by Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, in A.D. 326. I researched a bit more about Helena's visit to Jerusalem and came upon another article that had this to say about her visit: > The site was identified in the year 326, when the Emperor Constantine’s mother Helena went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in search of relics from the time of Christ. She asked the residents of Jerusalem where the site of Jesus’ tomb was, and they directed her to a spot where a pagan temple now stood. We might be justifiably sceptical that the people in Jerusalem at that time would have known where Jesus’ tomb once was and suspect that out of deference to the Emperor’s mother they pointed to some site. Read more: [#500 Excavating the Tomb of Jesus](http://www.reasonablefaith.org/excavating-the-tomb-of-jesus#ixzz4QDzpfrWk) **Does anyone know the source for this claim? Specifically want to research more on Helena asking residents of Jerusalem where the site of the tomb was.**

Does anyone have an apologetic response to this website? [The forged origins of the New Testament](https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/biblianazar/esp_biblianazar_40.htm) Basically, here the author claims that Constantine gathered up all the manuscripts and burned all but a select group, and had Eusebius amalgamate the "'legendary tales of all the religious doctrines of the world together as one', using the standard god-myths from the presbyters' manuscripts as his exemplars" based on ideas behind Caesar, Krishna, Mithra, Horus and Zeus. **UPDATE:** Please note that related to the above my friend says that you can't even prove that Jesus existed, was crucified and rose again from the dead, so I mentioned the work of Josephus. His retort is that the works of Josephus have been corrupted. Does anyone know, is this true or not? When I search this site I don't find any information on the historical accuracy of Josephus (see https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/20584/how-do-christian-theologians-view-and-or-use-jewish-commentators) .

I was reading the wiki on Constantine the Great and was struck by this passage: >More significantly, in 325 he summoned the First Council of Nicaea, most known for its dealing with Arianism and for instituting the Nicene Creed. **He enforced the council's prohibition against celebrating the Lord's Supper on the day before the Jewish Passover, which marked a definite break of Christianity from the Judaic tradition.** From then on, the solar Julian Calendar was given precedence over the lunisolar Hebrew Calendar among the Christian churches of the Roman Empire. The footnote points to this source but it seems not to say anything about the "Lord's Supper" or Passover at all: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/25023.htm Was there such an edict and if so, where might it be documented?

What proof does anyone have that Christ was the same and identical as the one He called "Father" even when Christ himself said in John 14:10... > Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in > me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, > it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. (NIV) Yes, Jesus was the Son of God although He never Himself said as much; He said He was "the Son of Man" only (for, I believe, He was truly humble in nature). But how can *men* know exactly what Christ was without experiencing a gnosis of some kind? The very fact that they proclaimed to have known what *exactly* Christ was precludes any so-called "evidence" they put forth. On the other hand, Constantine was a politician/stateman and a duplicitous pagan most of his life. How could he and his associates *possibly know* what exactly Christ was and make an absolute statement that He was identical to the one He called "Father" and call the Arian/Arius view a heresy?

In the late Middle Ages, two documents arose which, together, are called the *The Donation of Constantine*. They made a large number of statements which would have had the effect of making the Pope the "Emperor of Christianity." Considering that they were discredited by the end of the 16th century, what effect did these documents have on the development and legitimacy of the Papal claims at primacy?

I read this article entitled: [Jesus H. Christ = Hesus Horus Krishna.](http://www.sabbathcovenant.com/doctrine/hesus_krishna.htm) > At the end of that time, Constantine returned to the gathering to > discover that the presbyters had not agreed on a new deity but had > balloted down to a shortlist of five prospects: Caesar, Krishna, > Mithra, Horus and Zeus (Historia Ecclesiastica, Eusebius, c. 325). > Constantine was the ruling spirit at Nicaea and he ultimately decided > upon a new god for them. To involve British factions, he ruled that > the name of the great Druid god, Hesus, be joined with the Eastern > Saviour-god, Krishna (Krishna is Sanskrit for Christ), and thus Hesus > Krishna would be the official name of the new Roman god. A vote was > taken and it was with a majority show of hands (161 votes to 157) that > both divinities became one God. Following longstanding heathen custom, > Constantine used the official gathering and the Roman apotheosis > decree to legally deify two deities as one, and did so by democratic > consent. A new god was proclaimed and "officially" ratified by > Constantine (Acta Concilii Nicaeni, 1618). That purely political act > of deification effectively and legally placed Hesus and Krishna among > the Roman gods as one individual composite. That abstraction lent > Earthly existence to amalgamated doctrines for the Empire's new > religion; and because there was no letter "J" in alphabets until > around the ninth century, the name subsequently evolved into "Jesus > Christ". Is there any historical basis for this claim at all?

Constantine was the emperor of the Roman Empire who legalized Christianity and called the Counsel of Nicaea, among other thing. Which church traditions regard Constantine the Great as a Saint?

Need help for a school essay, any information you have is appreciated. His impact in the middle ages

The Emperor Constantine who favored Christianity as early as 312, and convened the Council of Nicæa in 325, postponed baptism till 337. Did he provide any reasons for doing so?