REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tax Exemption, Pax Romana, Galerius
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What specific things does the edict of milan accomplish: it allows freedom of religion for all, reverses the policies of many emperors like nero by allowing all faiths not just. Christianity: property taken away from christians will be returned to them. What words or phrases are repeated: liberty / freedom , divine favor and protection , we have thought fit . What is constantine"s motivation for writing the edict: constantine hopes that they will gather the favor of a supreme deity. What is his personal relationship to christianity: not sure, talks about his own faith, his mother was a christian. Monday, 30 january 2017: edict in 250 ad > must produce libellus paper that those who sacrificed got from the temple. Diocletian (roman emperor 284-305 ad: along with three other men, compromising a tetrarchy (rule of four = maximilian, Places of worship destroyed, scriptures burned, property taken.
