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As
reported to us by the historian of that day, Eusibius: In
the year 312, Constantine the Great, the emperor of the Roman empire, which comprised all of the civilized world at that time,
was conquered by the sign of the Christian Faith. Just before a
deœcisive battle, he and all of his soldiers saw a Cross of light in the sky with the inscription, "By this sign you
will conquer." The following night Christ appeared to him with
the Cross in His hand and told him that by this sign he would defeat his enemy, directing that each soldier's shield bear
the sign of the Cross. The emperor fulfilled the command of God and conquered. Seeing
the power of the Cross he abandoned paganism and embraced the Christian Faith, placing his entire empire under the protection
of Christ and His Cross. Constantine legalized Christianity and then moved the seat of the empire from Rome to Constantinople
to make a new beginning, calling this city the second Rome. Thus arose the Byzantine empire—the first Christian society
that was governed by Christian principles.
Last updated on 10/6/2022, 1:08:06 AM
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