4th-century Christianity

legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire, 313

period of church history beginning with the ministry of Jesus (c. 27-30) and ending with the First Council of Nicaea (325)

thumb|alt=Painting of Augustine of Hippo arguing with a man before an audience|Charles-André van Loo's 18th-century Augustine arguing with Donatists Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. Donatism had its roots in the long-established Christian community of the Roman province Africa Proconsularis (present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the western coast of Libya) and M

4th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum

380 CE edict establishing Christianity as the Roman Empire's state religion

thumb|The Labarum of Constantine I, reconstructed from the depiction on a follis minted . The three dots represent "medallions" which are said to have shown portraits of Constantine and his sons. The labarum ( or λάβουρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the "Chi-Rho" symbol ☧, a christogram formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ" (, or Χριστός) – Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ). It was first used by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

Apollinarism or Apollinarianism is a Christological position proposed by Apollinaris of Laodicea that argues that Jesus had not a human body and sensitive soul, but a divine mind and body, the Divine Logos taking the place of the latter. It was deemed heretical by the First Council of Constantinople in 381 and virtually died out within the following decades.

first Iberian king from the Chosroid dynasty

edict ending the Diocletianic persecution of Christianity in the East of the Roman Empire

(303-313) last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

sect of 4th-century Christianity described by Epiphanius of Salamis

synod

Christians who bowed to external pressure

spread of Christianity in the Kingdom of Iberia

Priscillianism was a Christian sect developed in the Roman province of Hispania in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnostic doctrines taught by Marcus, an Egyptian from Memphis. Priscillianism was later considered a heresy by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.

religious policies, beliefs, and effects of Constantine I

declaration made by a government or ruler on freedom of religion

theory in some Christian churches

Roman senator and governor (320-384)

period following the Apostolic Age to the First Council of Nicaea in 325

changes in Christianity associated with Constantine the Great

thumb|right|Sculpture of Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I in York, England. Traditor, plural: traditores (Latin), is a term meaning "the one(s) who had handed over" and defined by Merriam-Webster as "one of the Christians giving up to the officers of the law the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the names of their brethren during the Roman persecutions". The word traditor comes from the Latin transditio from trans (across) + dare (to hand, to give), and is the source of the modern English words traitor and treason. The same root word, with a different context of what is handed to whom, g

Permitted religion in ancient Roman law

Roman villa in Lullingstone, Kent, United Kingdom

Roman religious policy under Constantine I (312-337 CE)

spread of Christian faith to Armenia

overview of Christianity-related events during the 4th century

daughter of Tiridates III of Armenia and wife of Rev II of Iberia

synodal letter by Athanasius of Alexandria to the people of Antioch

Paleochristian bapistery