Professor Bart D. Ehrman

The Arian controversy revolved around an Egyptian teacher, Arius’s views about the legitimacy of Christ’s divinity. Between the Father and the son, the Arian controversy debated, who was supreme? […]

Constantine, after converting to Christianity, personally tried to resolve theological conflicts. The first one to come his way was the Donatist controversy, involving members of the clergy deemed to be traitors. […]

Emperor Constantine’s actions after he converted to Christianity, such as having the image of a pagan god printed on coins, have led to questions over how much of a Christian he really was. […]

There’s a debate over the reasons Constantine had for converting to Christianity. These debates were kickstarted with a book published in 1853 called ‘The Age of Constantine the Great’. […]

There might be reason to believe that Constantine wasn’t sincere in his conversion to Christianity. Multiple authors who knew him independently tell of his conversion right before one of his empire’s major battles. […]

Constantine had a vision in his dream which he couldn’t really make sense on his own. Though what he saw was in the shape of the Chi-Rho, other scholars had to explain its Christian significance to him. […]

Despite there being numerous records of the life of Constantine and his conversion to Christianity, none of them are problem-free. […]

Maxentius felt a sense of injustice when he wasn’t appointed by his father like Constantine was. It incited him to rebel, usurping Rome. He was successful in this endeavor, ye fate had different plans for him. […]

Although Diocletian issued the decrees that led to the massive persecution of Christians which lasted for 10 long years, it was his successor, Galerius, who made every effort to wipe out the church. […]