primary source essay
2. Religious Shifts, Christianization, and Christological Controversies:
Explain the religious shift which took place in the Roman Empire from the late third throughout the fourth centuries.
Explain the role of the emperor and the Roman government in facilitating the process of Christianization.
Explain how the early fourth century Christian church begun to standardize itself structurally and theologically.
Explain the Christological situation of the church in the early fourth century and how the church addressed the issue of different or contradictory theology.
Primary sources for this question: Mass pg. 111-112, God Helps Constantine, “In This Sign You Will
Conquer”, 4.2.2 Through Divine Inspiration, Mass pg. 117-118, 4.3.1 The Edict of Milan, Mass, pg. 124-126,
4.4.6 Constantine and the Bickering Bishops, 4.4.7 Vicious Debate at a Church Council, Mass pg. 131-132,
4.5.1 Arius and the Human Nature of Christ, Mass pg. 186-187 5.3.1 Roman Legislation Against Polytheist Practices, Mass pg. 119-120 4.3.2 Massacre at Thessalonika, 4.4.1 Bishops as Administrators
Please remember, this is a primary source essay, not a research paper. Please do not do additional research and/or consult additional sources of information for this paper.
All of your answers are in the primary sources, and the majority of your information must come from the primary sources
