The Origins of Constantine

Constantine's rise to power involved three stages spread out over nearly two decades in widely separated vocations. We have decrees and laws, a few complimentary accounts by people like UCBS and Lactantius, and semi-critical accounts like the one from Zosimus. A Christian priest was carried away at Constantine's conversion and declared in public that Constantine was, quote, destined to share the empire of the Son of God in the world to come. Yes, apparently Constantine was going to help Jesus rule heaven forever. He told him to shut up and get back to praying.