THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Diocletianic Persecution, Pope, Western Roman Empire
3 Feb 2018
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It became more tolerated, but not oicially legalized: in 313, with the edict of milan, christianity was legalized. The oicial document put an end to the. Great persecution: the theory of two powers refers to the second half of the 4th century, when the. It is said that this separation took place in 364 by the emperor. The second half of the empire was ruled by his brother. Later, in 395, both empires oicially became separate entities. Since christianity became enforced in both empires prior to the oicial separation, they ultimately took diferent paths. The theory of two powers did not exist in the. East: the church takes precedence over the empire/state because the state is inite and does not transcend time (to be above and independent of time). This makes it subordinate (less important) to the church which does transcend time because it is the material representation of.
