History of Christianity
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The history of Christianity begins with Jesus, an itinerant Jewish preacher and teacher, who was crucified in Jerusalem c. AD 30–33. His followers proclaimed that he was the incarnation of God and had
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1495) in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Church in Milan, Italy, depicts the final meal before Jesus' crucifixion and death.
Christ Crucified, by Diego Velázquez c. 1632, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus
Half-length portrait of a virgin consecrated to God, praying with an orante prayer position, from the book Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms, plate 80
The Trinity by Russian icon painter Andrei Rublev, early 15th century.
Constantine the Great
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Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Chr
History of Christianity
…century. In its first century, it began developing a church government and a religious text, which was not formalized as canon until the fourth century. Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan legalizing it in 313. Christian art, architecture, and literature blossomed during the fourth century, but competing theological…
Head of a bronze colossus of Constantine, Capitoline Museums
Mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, section: Maria as patroness of Constantinople, detail: donor portrait of Emperor Constantine I with a model of the city
Remains of the luxurious residence palace of Mediana, erected by Constantine I near his birth town of Naissus (now Niš, Serbia)
Head from a statue of the emperor Diocletian