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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (24734)	9/5/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) of 108807

<<Christianity didn't become the State Religion of Rome under Constantine. His wife was a Christian and he may have been one. What he did is sign the third of a series of Edicts of Toleration. Christianity became the State Religion several emperors later, and Christian Rome lasted as long as Rome did: about 50 more years.>> Freddy, can you explain the significance of your statement? Are you splitting hairs, or what? I don't think Constantine was probably even a Christian himself, but that does not seem to have stood in the way of Christianity becoming the state religion during the fourth century. Are we splitting hairs on the term "state religion" as well? This is a very interesting part of the PBS Frontline series, discussing how Constantine persecuted the Gnostic Christians, and all sorts of things with which you seem to disagree, including all the divisions and divisiveness within early Christianity. And of course one of my favorite points is covered in this essay, as it mentions that as soon as Rome became Christian, the Christians started killing everyone who was not Christian? Why am I not surprised?! pbs.org

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