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Originally Posted by Intranetusa
Constantine making Christianity official didn't have much to do with morality. Constantine called himself a Christian, but he was still half Pagan in his beliefs.
The story of his conversion to a firey-cross in the sky has different interpretations,
and the earliest versions actually said he was praying to the sun-god for that sign. (later Christian figures changed this to praying to Jesus)
After his conversion to Xtn, Constantine still associated himself with the sun god of ancient Roman myths and "inserted himself" with important figures in Xtnity.
I'd say he did it because it was politically convenient.
The empire didn't really start falling apart until later...
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Who said that he made it official because of moral aspect?
He only wanted more control trough it. His belief was never genuine so I do not see a purpose of you pointing this out because it is a well known fact.
Morality (or the lack of it) was one of the aspects that made emperor have problems with control (tough it was minor compared to finances and power structures). It is not as bad as it was later, but it was there already - you can see that in historical sources.
As for Lawrence and Amiati's comparisons - Lawrence's act is even more reckless than Amiati's since as Anh said he was risking is life for her, not just money, for her even though he knew her for short time.