AN N EA 10W Study Guide - Final Guide: Unearth, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Cardo
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Constantine became emperor in the west after victory at milvian. Attributed his rise to the christian god. Legalized christianity, but did not promote it at the expense of other faiths/pagans. Huge building program to express vision of new christian. Euse(cid:271)ius (cid:862)fou(cid:374)d it a g(cid:396)i(cid:373) i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:455) that the (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s of aelia had pillaged the stones of the temple to build their pagan shrines and theaters. The fate of the temple was clear proof that god no longer wanted that showy type of sacrificial ritual. He wanted them to follow the spiritual religion preached by jesus, which did not depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374) te(cid:373)ples o(cid:396) hol(cid:455) spa(cid:272)es(cid:863) Worship god in spirit and truth rather than through the temple and torah. Council of nicaea (convened by constantinople in 325) The logos was god in exactly the same way as god the father. Issued a(cid:374) offi(cid:272)ial (cid:272)(cid:396)eed that e(cid:454)p(cid:396)essed atha(cid:374)asius(cid:859)s ideas, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)as u(cid:374)a(cid:271)le to bring peace to the church.
