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Acts as the first christian emperor of rome is to issue the edict of milan. this not only makes christianity legal, but favored. >> this is a big one. for the first time, a roman emperor decided to ally with the church. that meantime the whole of the known world was at the disposal of the church. >> as constantine moves christianity from outlaw to exalted, church and state become intertwined. >> constantine saw in christianity a way of uniting the empire. a new ideology that would give everybody...

Christianity legal but favored. >> this is a big one. this is the first time a roman emperor decided to ally with the church. so that means the whole known world was at the disposal of the church. >> as nstantine moves christianity from outlawed to exalted, church and state become intertwined. >> constantine saw in the empire, a new ideology that would give everybody the same god, the same moral values. >> constantine opened up the space where the bishop of rome could become the spiritual fixtur...

Edict of milan. this not only makes christian i christianity, legal but favored. >> this is the first time a roman emperor decided to ally with the church. so that means the whole known word was at the disposal of the church. >> as constantine moves -- church and state become intertwines. >> constantine saw in the empire, a new ideology that would give everybody the same god, the same moral attitudes. >> constantine opened up the -- >> what constantine did is take the bishops who had been previo...