Constantine's rise to power and conversion to Christianity was the impetus for the Church to morph structurally from a network of congregations with bishops of equal authority to a global organization with centralized power in emulation... more
Constantine's rise to power and conversion to Christianity was the impetus for the Church to morph structurally from a network of congregations with bishops of equal authority to a global organization with centralized power in emulation of the government which fashioned it. Constantine, unconcerned with truth and doctrine, annexed the Church as a part of the Roman government and wielded it as an agent of political and social stability.
Constantine's rise to power and conversion to Christianity was the impetus for the Church to morph structurally from a network of congregations with bishops of equal authority to a global organization with centralized power in emulation... more
Constantine's rise to power and conversion to Christianity was the impetus for the Church to morph structurally from a network of congregations with bishops of equal authority to a global organization with centralized power in emulation of the government which fashioned it. Constantine, unconcerned with truth and doctrine, annexed the Church as a part of the Roman government and wielded it as an agent of political and social stability.
