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Ecclesiology

Yuri Koszarycz


The 4th & 5th Centuries: The Church in Radical Change


It has often been asserted that the Church as a community of faith is not of this world. However, the Church lives and works within the world. For almost three hundred years the political might and power of Rome and her Empire had stood fast against those who professed to be Christians. Yet at the beginning of the fourth century, both forces were to undergo a radical change - a mutation which found the Church and the empire in mutual patronage and support. This relationship between Rome and the Christian community signalled a total change of direction - a change that had irreversible repercussions for Christianity in its future history.

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