Constantine 1, emperor Christianity

The emperor Constantine paves the way for Christianity to become the official religion of the Roman Empire black magic is outlawed but white magic is tolerated. 

This fixing of the scriptures by the early Christian Fathers was done under the direction, probably, of the Emperor Constantine, who is responsible for the paganization of Christianity in the early centuries. Constantine forced all pagans to accept Christianity, or the religion of Christ, which they did by simply taking the figure of Christ and substituting it for Baal, while the Mother of Christ, the humble Mary of Bethlehem, was made into the Queen of Heaven, in place of Venus or Astaroth. 

The escalation of fanaticism that led to the Hammer of the Witches had been in progress since the time of Emperor Constantine, who reigned from 306-307CE. After his conversion to Christianity, Emperor Constantine immediately banned all magic and magicians. Under this law, the State could sentence offenders to immolation. 

This period of creative strife also stimulated the development of the first Christian philanthropic institutions dedicated to providing medicines and the services of paid, professional physicians for the sick among the homeless poor. It would not be surprising, therefore, to discover that the same period witnessed a new charitable institution to assist orphans in the capital city during the reign of the Arian emperor Constantins II." ... 

According to this short hagiographical text, Anthousa, the daughter of the emperor Constantine V refused to marry and devoted her life to Christian philanthropia. She offered money to repair churches and monasteries, she ransomed prisoners of war, and she rescued orphans from the streets of Constantinople. In the words of the vita ... 

Diocletian (ad 236-305) unsuccessfully persecuted Christians as part of a wider effort to recover people s commitment to the state. Constantine (ad 271-337) opted instead to replace the pagan past and thereby secure his position as universal emperor. His appropriation of Christianity, an ideology that had hardly had time to define itself fully... 

In the light of all this, why should you be surprised by the sons of Theodosius, as if on this issue they ought to follow anything other than the judgement that Constantine made, which has been steadfastly protected during the reigns of so many Christian emperors ... 

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