This is Venetian artist Palma Vecchio’s depiction of Emperor Constantine I and his mother, Saint Helen, who greatly influenced his religious beliefs. Vecchio lived from 1480-1528. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon. ... We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by, lo and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mosaic of St. Silvester baptizing Emperor Constantine, from the Basilica Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome. Peter1936F/Wikimedia ...

Key players in a high-stakes game of politics and theology. Like the king in chess, Constantine occupied a prominent position at the Council of Nicaea, but he did not actually do very much.

The first three centuries of Christianity : a historical summary -- Christian architecture before Constantine -- Christian art before Constantine -- From Constantine to Justinian : the religious ...

Constantine ends not converting, technically, to Christianity, but becoming a patron of one particular branch of the church. It happens to be the branch of the church that has the Old Testament as ...