Constantine and Christendom : The oration to the saints, The Greek and Latin accounts of the discovery of the cross, The edict of Constantine to Pope Silvester

Author(s)

• Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337
• Edwards, Mark

Bibliographic Information

Constantine and Christendom : The oration to the saints, The Greek and Latin accounts of the discovery of the cross, The edict of Constantine to Pope Silvester

translated with notes and introduction by Mark Edwards

（Translated texts for historians, v. 39）

Liverpool University Press, 2003

Note

Translated from the Latin

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-131) and indexes

Contents of Works

• Constantine: the oration to the saints
• Here begins the coming of the Holy Cross
• Story of the discovery of the honourable and life-giving cross
• the edict of Constantine to Pope Silvester

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume makes available three works attributed to Constantine - two of which were certainly not written by him - which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. The Oration to the Saints is an intellectual defence of Christianity, which puts the case for monotheism, extols the incarnation and voluntary abasement of the Son of God, and finally declares Constantine's personal adherence to the Saviour. The legend of the discovery of the True Cross by the empress Helena, mother of Constantine, following her conversion to Christianity is presented in translations of two variant accounts. The third text, the Edict of Constantine, presents Constantine's supposed edict to Pope Silvester transferring lands to the papacy. An introduction considers the authorship, motivation and historical context for each of the works, and extensive annotation elucidates textual difficulties and allusions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Constantine: The Oration to the Saints The Coming of the Holy Cross (Latin version) Story of the Discovery of the Honourable and Life-giving Cross (Greek version) The Edict of Constantine to Pope Silvester Bibliography Maps The Mediterranean World in the Age of Constantine Byzantine Jerusalem Mediaeval Rome Index to the Oration to the Saints Index to texts on the Discovery of the Cross Index to the Edict of Constantine

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• NCID: BA61377414
• ISBN:
  • 0853236488
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Liverpool
• Pages/Volumes: xlvii, 143 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 937.08
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Church history -- 4th century
  • LCSH : Rome -- History -- Constantine I, the Great, 306-337
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00203056