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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4032235, member: 19463"]Much depends on how you view his actions and your religious views. Was he a hero or a villain? From the Wikipedia article on Theodosius:</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">"He issued decrees that effectively made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" rel="nofollow">Nicene Christianity</a> the official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">state church of the Roman Empire</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-EdictOfThessolonica-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-EdictOfThessolonica-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> He neither prevented nor punished the destruction of prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_religion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_religion" rel="nofollow">Hellenistic</a> temples of classical antiquity, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)#Temple_of_Apollo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)#Temple_of_Apollo" rel="nofollow">Temple of Apollo</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" rel="nofollow">Delphi</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapeum_of_Alexandria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapeum_of_Alexandria" rel="nofollow">Serapeum</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" rel="nofollow">Alexandria</a>. He dissolved the Order of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Virgins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Virgins" rel="nofollow">Vestal Virgins</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a>. In 393, he banned the pagan rituals of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" rel="nofollow">Olympics in Ancient Greece</a>."</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">This is an Olympic year. They resumed in 1896 despite Theodosius' order. </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4032235, member: 19463"]Much depends on how you view his actions and your religious views. Was he a hero or a villain? From the Wikipedia article on Theodosius: [COLOR=#ff0000]"He issued decrees that effectively made [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Christianity']Nicene Christianity[/URL] the official [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire']state church of the Roman Empire[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I#cite_note-EdictOfThessolonica-3'][3][/URL] He neither prevented nor punished the destruction of prominent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_religion']Hellenistic[/URL] temples of classical antiquity, including the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)#Temple_of_Apollo']Temple of Apollo[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi']Delphi[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapeum_of_Alexandria']Serapeum[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria']Alexandria[/URL]. He dissolved the Order of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Virgins']Vestal Virgins[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome']Rome[/URL]. In 393, he banned the pagan rituals of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games']Olympics in Ancient Greece[/URL]."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] This is an Olympic year. They resumed in 1896 despite Theodosius' order. [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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