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380 CE

Edict of Thessalonica and imperial Nicene Christianity

Religion · Christianity · Early Church · Religious law

The edict Cunctos populos endorsed the Nicene faith of Rome and Alexandria as the imperial norm. It marks a new relationship between state authority and Christianity, not the immediate disappearance of other traditions.

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