Posts Tagged ‘Constantine’
History of Easter: The Players – Where are They Now?
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF EASTER: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLAYERS AFTERWARD Podcast version ou may be asking yourself, “Self,” you ask, “where are they now?” And well you might ask. What happened to our players AFTER the events in the Easter story?
Read MoreHistory of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Roman Empire vs. Christian Legionnaires
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE 40 MARTYRS OF SEBASTE Podcast version remarkable event took place in the early 4th century Roman Empire. The early church historian Bishop Eusebius tells the story of his contemporary, the Roman Emperor Constantine, who, before a battle against his rival Emperor Maxentius in 312 AD at the Milvian Bridge outside of…
Read MoreHistory of Constantine the Great
Reading Time: 5 minutesHistory of Constantine the Great The first “Christian” Emperor of Rome was Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, who ruled from AD 306 to 337. He ended the Empire-wide persecution of Christians and elevated the faith of Christianity in Rome. Who was he, what did he do, why was he important to…
Read MoreHistory of the Fall of the Roman Empire: the Short Version
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE On September 4, AD 476, Odoacer captured the city of Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the Fall of the Roman Empire. What do we mean by the Fall of the Roman Empire? First, what do we mean by the Roman Empire? This part of the statement…
Read MoreHistory of the Players
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat happened to our players AFTER the events in the Easter story?
Read MoreHistory of Easter
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF EASTER The most joyous of Christian festivals, and one of the first celebrated by the Christians, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox. The English word “Easter” corresponding to the German “Oster“, reveals the association of many Easter customs with those of…
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