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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1319152, member: 5682&quot;]Matt:</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a really contoversial belief. Being tolerant and not persecuting a group does not necessarily make one a member of that group. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab_and_Christianity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab_and_Christianity" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab_and_Christianity</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Using that criterion, Severus Alexander may have been the first &quot;Christian Emperor.&quot; He even included JudeoChristian figures of David and Jesus in the gods he venerated in his personal shrine of respected deities.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743a.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743a.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As you know, Constantine&#039;s conversion was at his deathbed. Nevertheless, he was not only tolerant of the Jesus movement, he promoted and actively supported it after the battle of the Milvian Bridge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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