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Fight his competition. >> constantine, the pagan commander of rome's western army, declares war on the commander of the east to decide who will be sole emperor of rome. on the day before the battle, he has a startling vision. >> he looks up and he sees the sign of the cross. >> and he thought it was a promise from jesus that he would win the battle. >> constantine does win the battle, and the new emperor is forever changed by his vision. >> he decides to be a christian. >> one of his first official acts as the first christian emperor of rome is to issue the edict of milan. this not only makes ...

>> the council of nicea is the first time you bring all of the bishops together to have them start to talk to each other. >> council marks the first meeting of senior church leaders, the foundation of the pope's college of cardinals today. >> the bishops were commissioned to write what a christian should believe. >> constantine gets the bishop to agree on one statement of faith, still used to unify christians today. >> the creed says we believe in jesus christ, maker of heaven and earth, and the counsel decides that jesus is fully human and divine. >> if you sign it, you're a christian and par...