Christianity started out as a local Jewish sect and ended as a distinct (and
worldwide) religion. How and why did that happen?
Eusebius, Pamphili, Andrew Louth (ed). The History of the Church from
Christ to Constantine. Penguin Classics. New York: Penguin USA, 1990.
Wilcken, Robert L. The Land Called Holy. New Haven: Yale, 1992.
Barnes, Timothy David. Constantine and Euseblus. Boston: Harvard
University Press, 1990.
Durant, Will. Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of
Christianity from Their Beginning A.D. 325, Vol. 3. Fine Communications,
1993.
Elliott, T.G. The Christianity of Constantine the Great. California:
University of Scranton Press, 1997.
Jones, D. H. Constantine and the Conversion of Europe. Canada:
University of Toronto, 1978.
Pohlsander, Hans A. The Emperor Constantine. England: Routledge, 1996.
Wilkinson, John. Jerusalem Pilgrims Before the Crusades. Jerusalem: Ariel,
1977.
- http://www.roman-emperors.org/conniei.htm - Expansive information on Roman
emperors. Includes an extensive bibliography on Constantine. - http://www.roman-empire.net/decline/constantine-index.html - A page on
Constantine located in the on-line history of the roman empire. Includes a
marble bust of the emperor. - http://www.time.com/time/2001/jerusalem/juda.html - Time Magazine articles on
Jerusalem. - http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps073.shtml - article on
Helena, the First Christian Archeologist.
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