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Renovatio Constantini: de la păgânismul sincretic la teocraţia creştină
Renovatio Constantini: from syncretic paganism to Christian theocracy

Author(s): Ovidiu Panaite
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Constantine the Great; holy; Mediolanum; theocracy; Trier; Lactantius; political theology

Summary/Abstract: Forth century would debute with the surprise given by Saint Emperor Constantine the Great who gives freedom of expression to Christian religion. It was a moment of deep implications both in term of bringing together the old roman mentality and the Church dogma, more exactly the dogmatic-martyrish/sacrificial consciousness until 313, but also regarding the subsequent evolution of the Empire on the matter of the parallelism between political philosophy and Christianity after 313. We propose through this study an introduction to identify the new paradigmatic structure initiated by Constantine the Great based on the perspective given by the documents of the time, the imperial politico-religious philosophy and the mentality of the imperial subjects intersected with Christianity.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 29-50
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian