Constantine the Great achieved the remarkable successes during his reign. One of his contributions was to make Christianity become the main religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine’s faith to God is an important reason for his conversion. He confirmed his vision of the cross on the battle of the Milvian Bridge, and then he conquered his enemy because of the sign of cross. After Constantine became the Emperor of Rome, he soon heard the evil and intolerable thing was happened in his Empire, and he immediately found a stable solution. He used the seriousness and severity way to mediate his character, and it saved those oppressed people. He believes that all the things he did is the right, safe and holy task for humanity. He also believed that if he doesn’t change something, on the one hand, he can’t help a person who can resist the incentive to do evil, and it will let those who oppose him to increase. On the other hand, it will let the oppressed lose their hope of redemption (Pamphilus & Eusebius, 2009). …show more content…
The big part of their discussion is to focus on the imperial religious policy and the status of Christians. Licinius had tolerated Christianity since the "Edict of Galerius” in 311; but Constantine wanted more policy of church property restoration and legal protection for Christians. Licinius also wanted to make some change for empire because of the memories of horrible disease, deathbed recantation of Galerius in his mind, the stories of revelations, and battlefield victory of Constantine. Furthermore, The enemy from Maximin in the east and the closer alliance with Constantine in the west made him decide to follow the lead of his brother-in-law and the religious policy for the empire. Under the dominantly influence of Constantine, the two Emperors consented to follow, and it was known as the "Edict of Milan" (Odahl,