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The Council of Nicea
Constantine was the emperor in Rome at the time when he called the Council of Nicea in 325 CE. Constantine was originally a worshipper of the sun god. Later in his life he converted to Christianity. His reign marked the beginning of the joining of church and state. The pagans no longer persecuted C ....
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.... than simply stating what you believe. The reason behind creeds in the Christian church has resulted in the deaths of millions of martyrs.
One of the last martyrs to die for the Faith before the end of the official persecutions was Saint Lucy. On the night of her death in 304 she prophesied that she saw the dawning of religious freedom for the Church and the end of the last and most dreadful of all the persecutions, that of Emperor Diocletian. Nine years later in the year 313 CE that prophecy was fulfilled when Constantine became the great emperor of the West. Co ....
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