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Emperor Constantine- first emporer to convert to Christianity
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Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which formally established freedom and toleration for all religions, including Christianity. Contrary to many people's beliefs, Christianity was not made the official religion of the Roman Empire at this time.
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The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine. This first council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.
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Constantine had known death would soon come. Within the Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantine had secretly prepared a final resting-place for himself. It came sooner than he had expected. Soon after the Feast of Easter 336, Constantine fell seriously ill
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St. Augustine was bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin philosopher and theologian from the Africa Province of the Roman Empire and is generally considered as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all times.
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He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders.
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Jerome was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church.
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Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician
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Was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague. After John Wycliffe, the theorist of ecclesiastical Reformation, Hus is considered the first Church reformer.
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A folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born a peasant girl in what is now eastern France. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France.
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Christianity was made official religion of the Roman Empire.
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Gregory of Nyssa was bishop of Nyssa. Gregory of Nazianzus was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene creed
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Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. As a classically trained orator and philosopher he infused Hellenism into the early church, establishing the paradigm of Byzantine theologians and church officials.Gregory made a significant impact on the shape of Trinitarian theology among both Greek- and Latin-speaking theologians.
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Saint Basil the Great, (was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor . He was an influential theologian who supported the Nicene Creed and opposed the heresies of the early Christian church. His ability to balance his theological convictions with his political connections made Basil a powerful advocate for the Nicene position.
