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Christians and Romans

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Is Christianity an Official State Religion of the Roman Empire?

Was Christianity ever made an official state religion of the Roman Empire? Well, so it's kind of hard to answer the question because what ends up happening is Constantine doesn't say anything. They start passing some legislation against pagan religions in various places. The problem is that as I've sang earlier, the Roman government didn't have any enforcement mechanisms.

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