单词 | the peace of the church |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Peace of the Church P10. Church History. the Peace of the Church: (also with lower-case initials) the declaration by Constantine and Licinius in the Edict of Milan ( a.d. 313) that members of non-Roman religions, especially Christians, were no longer to be persecuted; (also) the condition of Christianity in the Roman Empire after this declaration. ΚΠ 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. ii. vi. 214 The State of Christianity under its Persecution is shewn, and the Peace of the Church under Constantine declared. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 575 The space of ten years, which elapsed between the first edicts of Diocletian, and the final peace of the church. 1851 Times 7 Oct. 4/3 From the cruel persecutions of Diocletian and Galerius arose the peace of the church under Constantine. 1893 R. Lanciani Pagan & Christian Rome iv. 196 I pass over the fate of the emperors of the second and third centuries, and resume my description with those who came to power after the peace of the church. 1947 W. Lowrie Art in Early Church ii. 20 We are obliged to assume that during a century of more before the Peace of the Church a tradition had been formed for the adornment of churches. 1996 Archaeol. Rep. for 1995–6 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 42. 68/2 The neat symmetry of the original scheme..was spoiled by the addition of rotundas for the Syracusan aristocracy after the Peace of the Church. < as lemmas |
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