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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24851209, member: 128351&quot;]The vision at the Milvian Bridge was not a conversion for Constantine. He just saw a sign, a logo : ☧, and considered it was a sign from &quot;the Divinity&quot;. This is more philosophical than Christian. That&#039;s not like saint Paul&#039;s vision of the Christ himself asking &quot;Why are you persecuting me&quot;? </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine did not formally convert to Christianity before the last minute. He favoured the Christians, but that does not mean he was a Christian himself. In his new city of Constantinople he had two temples built : one dedicated to <i>Sophia</i>, that means Wisdom, the other one to <i>Eirene</i>, that means Peace. Like the old temple of <i>Pax </i>in Rome... Wisdom and Peace were deities in his mind. It is his son and successor Constantius II who turned these temples into churches called Saint Sophia and Saint Irene.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Though he had organized for the Christians the Council of Nicaea where Arianism was condemned, he did nothing to enforce this condemnation. Even more, he was baptized on his deathbed by Eusebius of Nicomedia, an arian bishop. His sons were arian...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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