When the Emperor Constantine elevated Christianity to the official religion of the Roman Empire, the once-persecuted sect took on the trappings of imperial power--nowhere more evidently than at the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul).

1. When did the Bible begin its journedy from the East to the West?
2. Who was Diacleatian and what was his influence on the early church?
3. What was Constantine's contribution to Christianity?
4. What political function did God play in Constatntine's Roman Christianity?
5. What purposes did the creation of Constantinople serve for the Emperor Constantine?
6. What lasting traditions, institutions, artifacts and practices does Christianity enjoy today that began with Constantine?
7. When Constantine move the capitol of the Roman Empire to Constantinople how did this action make difficulty the Bishop of Rome?
8. What is the importance of Jerome in the story of the Testament?