Moved the Capital of the Roman empire from Rome to Constantinople . Strategic militarily Rome harder to defend 2. Constantine's relation to the Church - believed he had a divine mandate to insure the unity and welfare of the church. This explains the mixture of Politics and Religion - Emperor calling councils, etc. No separation of church and state - State involved in forming Theology.
Churches go from being persecuted to being the persecutor.
AD Carthage Anti-philosophy, very zealous, lawyer, fiesty, controversial, influenced by Stoicism. Apologist - Wrote against Gnostics, Docetics, etc. Among first systematic Theologians, and Biblical commentators, great apologists F. Cyprian 248-258 AD Carthage. Encouraged celibacy, poverty and scripture study. Not tolerant of those who lapsed under persecution.