HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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He won a battle and decided he ought to be a nice person.
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He had a vision of the Christian cross and decided it must be a sign of how good Christians can be.
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He had a vision of the Christian cross and felt bad for all he had done. He took it as a sign.
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He had a vision of the Christian cross, painted it on soldiers shields before a battle, and won. He took it as a sign.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On his march to battle, Constantine is said to have had a vision in which “he saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription, ‘In Hoc Singo Vinces’ (’with this sign, you shall win’).
Detailed explanation-2: -Constantine is the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. He did so after witnessing the sight of a cross in the sky along with his entire army. However, his spiritual growth and eventual conversion did not happen at once with this one dramatic event.
Detailed explanation-3: -That night Constantine had a dream in which Christ told him he should use the sign of the cross against his enemies. He was so impressed that he had the Christian symbol marked on his soldiers’ shields and when the Milvian Bridge battle gave him an overwhelming victory he attributed it to the god of the Christians.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eusebius of Caesarea recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision sent by the Christian God. This was interpreted as a promise of victory if the sign of the Chi Rho, the first two letters of Christ’s name in Greek, was painted on the soldiers’ shields.