Timeline for What religions did Constantine convert to?
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| Feb 3, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | user10356 | Considering the warfare that Constantine engaged in (even after his "conversion") he was not a "Christian" in the sense of the original Christianity but in the sense of what Christianity had deviated into by his time. | |
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| Feb 2, 2018 at 19:04 | history | edited | Twelfth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2018 at 17:17 | comment | added | user15620 | Baptism was supposed to purify a person of sin, readying them for easy entrance to heaven. At the time, there was a common practice of delaying this, so you didn't have to worry about screwing it all up with a sinful act. | |
| Feb 2, 2018 at 17:15 | comment | added | user10069 | no probs and thank you as you do have a point with that. I have removed those comments because I don't want to distract from the original issue I had with this answer: it does this does not provide any answer to OPs actual question. | |
| Feb 2, 2018 at 17:06 | comment | added | Twelfth | @x457812 - I get the feeling you like commenting without reading the links. From above : "But by this time the postponement of baptism had become general (Constantine was not baptized until he was at the point of death), and, therefore, a large proportion of Christians belonged to the catechumenate.". So yes if you had read it, the article directly states what you are guessing, I guess. Remember 10 years prior to this was the great persecution where proof of your baptism was a death sentence. | |
| Feb 2, 2018 at 16:44 | comment | added | Twelfth | @x457812 - He was a sun god worshiper that converted to Christianity. "odd that a "very devoted christian" would wait until his death bed to be baptized." - not in Constantines time, the majority of Christians were "catechumen" (did you read the comments?) that would not be baptized (it's actually a bit odd and potentially an honor that he was baptized on his deathbed at all). Remember the Christian church was a different entity back then...to be baptized at this time was relatively rare and would require 3-5 years of study to get there. | |
| Jan 16, 2018 at 19:40 | comment | added | Twelfth | @JMS - in addition, Baptism today isn't what it was then. The majority of Christians in Constantine's era were unbaptized or catechumen 'britannica.com/topic/catechumen as the Baptism process was a pretty intense 3 year indoctrination (IE, the majority of those identifying as Christian were in the same boat Constantine was...that he was allowed to be baptized on his deathbed was likely in some way an 'honorary' baptism). You didn't need to be baptized to be a practicing Christian. | |
| Jan 16, 2018 at 19:35 | comment | added | Twelfth | @JMS - apologies for a delayed response, vacation and all. The Britannica links here actively refer to Christianity as an obscure sect at this time. Prior to the edict of Milan ,the Christian faith was officially regarded as a religio prava, an evil or depraved religion. He would have risked his leadership to have come out as a practicing Christian for a good portion of his life...Diocletian started "the great persecution" less than 10 years prior to the edict of Milan that tried to wipe Christianity out. | |
| Jan 6, 2018 at 3:21 | comment | added | user27618 | so you are suggesting he was a practicing Christian? Just chose not to be baptized nor receive communion? Write it up and source it. | |
| Jan 5, 2018 at 20:30 | comment | added | Twelfth | @jms - yes, the question asks what other religions he converted to while he was at it making it seem like he just randomly converted to christianity and a few others on his deathbed which is very untrue, the man was a very devoted christian long prior to the official ceremony and i think its misleading to describe it as the question has. You practice law all your life but dont receive a degree until your deathbed...is asking what other careers like medicine or astrophysics that you switched to on your deathbed suggesting you werent devoted to law your entire life also misleading? | |
| Jan 3, 2018 at 3:54 | comment | added | user27618 | It’s “misleading” to say Constantine converted on his death bed but you seem aware that he was baptized and received his first communion on his death bed? | |
| Dec 29, 2017 at 20:02 | history | answered | Twelfth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |