. The Open court. COIN OF CONSTANTINE. The Emperor holds in his hand the ball of empirewith the phrenix perched on it. tine, surnamed the Great. They are as contrary to one another astwo opposite poles. The intermediate link is the earl\ Church of. Coin of Justinian. The Emperor is represented with a Greek cross on his crown and on the ball of empire. gentile Christians founded by St. Paul. The character of the Chris-tianity of Jesus is reflected in the Gospels, especially, the Gospel 558 THE OPEN COURT. according to Mark, which is the oldest and most reliable accountof the life of Jesus of Na
. The Open court. COIN OF CONSTANTINE. The Emperor holds in his hand the ball of empirewith the phrenix perched on it. tine, surnamed the Great. They are as contrary to one another astwo opposite poles. The intermediate link is the earl\ Church of. Coin of Justinian. The Emperor is represented with a Greek cross on his crown and on the ball of empire. gentile Christians founded by St. Paul. The character of the Chris-tianity of Jesus is reflected in the Gospels, especially, the Gospel 558 THE OPEN COURT. according to Mark, which is the oldest and most reliable accountof the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The Christianity of the StateChurch of Constantine is a medley of Roman, Greek, Egyptian,Ass3rian, Syrian, and Indian religions, somewhat tempered byPlatonic philosophy and translated into the terminology of theearly Christian Church. Its appearance is due to the fermentationof religious belief, which resulted from the general exchange ofthought among the nations after the days of Alexander the Great,and it is the product of development and the resume of a powerfulcrisis. Although the State Church represents in many respects a newand a higher phase in the religious life of mankind, there is nobreak, no sudden rupture, except in the
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