CONSTANTINE'S CONVERSION One of the most surprising Christian heroes in the entire tradition, I think, is Constantine. He is, first of all, a successful general. He is also the son of a successful ...

Following his battlefield conversion, Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of Rome, and he decided that Christ's birth should become a major focus of the Christian year.

The historical Jesus still fascinates, but sieving original quotations from ... on Christian minds. Christianity’s triumph in the earthly kingdom of Constantine encouraged apocalyptic ...

Around six years later, back in Italy, Constantine converted from paganism to Christianity. His "epiphany" was said to have happened on the eve of battle with a competing Emperor, Maxentius.