The ideal of Christendom in antiquity joined separate nations into one single community carrying out the precepts of the God of Israel. Constantine's conversion to Christianity resulted in the merging of state and church, with a creed of what all Christians should believe and practice. As Roman emperor, Constantine had the authority to enforce both religious and secular laws.
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