Views Concerning The Church and the Sacraments During the Second Period (300-750 A.D.): The Church (7)

How the position of the Church changed! Prior to Constantine the Great the "powers that be" were pagan and Christianity was outlawed and the object of relentless persecution. The world-empire during the early centuries of the new dispensation was the Roman empire. It was thoroughly pagan. And it exerted every effort, during these three early centuries of the new dispensation, to destroy the Cause of Christ in the midst of the world. How the position of the Church changed! Prior to...