Constantine and the Move of Worldly Power with the Power of God

In AD 312, the Roman emperor Constantine became a Christian. On the night before he led his army into the massive Battle of the Milvian Bridge, he had a vision of the Christian God. They won that battle over Maxentius and crossed the Tiber River into Rome, and Constantine became the undisputed emperor of all the Western Empire. He attributed this victory to the Christian God and converted to Christianity soon thereafter. The next year he met the emperor Licinius in Italy, and together they issued the Edict of Milan (313), which gave all Christians legal status in Rome and protected them…