. The book of similitudes: . stianity ap-peared to him to confirm the vision, directing him, at thesame time, to make the symbol of the cross his Constantine, having vanquished his adversary, nowbuilt places for Christian worship, and showed greatbeneficence to the poor. He removed the seat of theempire from Rome to Byzantium, which he afterwardshonoured by the name of Constantinople, and prohibited,by a severe edict, the performance of pagan rites andceremonies. He died on the 22d of May, in the year 337, at theage of sixty-four, after a reign of thirty-three years,having ful
. The book of similitudes: . stianity ap-peared to him to confirm the vision, directing him, at thesame time, to make the symbol of the cross his Constantine, having vanquished his adversary, nowbuilt places for Christian worship, and showed greatbeneficence to the poor. He removed the seat of theempire from Rome to Byzantium, which he afterwardshonoured by the name of Constantinople, and prohibited,by a severe edict, the performance of pagan rites andceremonies. He died on the 22d of May, in the year 337, at theage of sixty-four, after a reign of thirty-three years,having fully established the Christian religion in theRoman empire. * Historians are much divided in their judgment respecting thismiraculous appearance. It is in vain for us to attempt to ascer-tain a doubtful matter, at a period so remote from the event; it iscertain, however, that such a device was upon the standards andshields of Constantines army, and also upon several coins in ex-istence at this day. j Milners Church History. 43. Conversion of Justin Martyr. This great man was born at Neapolis, in Samaria,anciently called Sichem. His father was a Gentile(probably one of the Greeks belonging to the colonytransplanted tiiither), who gave his son a philosophicaleducation. In his youth he travelled for the improve-ment of his understanding; and Alexandria affordedhim all the entertainment which an inquisitive mindcould derive from the fashionable studies. The Stoicsappeared to him, at first, the masters of happiness. Hegave himself up to one of this sect, till he found he 438 could learn nothing from him of the nature of God. Itis remarkable (as he. tells us himself), that his tutortold him that this was a knowledge by no means ne-cessary ; which much illustrates the views of concerning these ancient philosophers—that they were atheists in reality. He next betookhimself to a Peripatetic, whose anxious desire of set-tling the price of instruction convinced Justin that tru
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