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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 24851328, member: 43872&quot;]I don&#039;t remember discussing it with him personally, but I suspect he was a Christian in the same sense that many pagans become Christian even today.&nbsp; Without a full understanding of the uniqueness of Christ, he may well have added Jesus to the list of gods he believed in, another icon on the mantel so to speak, even if he mainly worshiped Christ.&nbsp; His &quot;conversion&quot; came more from a personal experience than as a result of a study of the Bible or a discussion with a learned disciple, so who&#039;s to say what concept he had of Christ.&nbsp; As pointed out above, the political considerations were also very important, and many important individuals and groups remained pagan.&nbsp; As for the relevance of the coin images to the discussion, they and archeology are essentially the only truly contemporary witnesses to his beliefs, since the historical accounts generally come from later writers. And yes, for whatever personal reasons, I do believe the emperors concerned themselves with the designs on coins, which were used for political and propaganda purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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