RichardBurger
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True... Constantine was the first, and then only because he claimed Christianity helped him win a battle. How ever it was a critical period when much of the various churches dogma was crystalised... It is certain he had a considerable input in determining the result and the character of the Church in Rome. From that moment official Church building took off in Rome.
However by then Churches had been established all over the known world, Certainly for at least 200 years, including the Celtic (Coptic) church in the British Isles.
Well it didn't take long for the church established in Rome to go from being persecuted to persecuting everyone that did not submit to it. It sure had the fruits of Love.