Prethodno priopćenje
The Edict of Milan Within the Context of Church Unity and Social Coexistence in its Own Time and Today
Jure Zečević
orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-1962
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sažetak
in this presentation, i schematically differentiate three that time models or concepts of relation to religion, especially to christianity and church: Diocletian’s, constantine’s and theodosius’ and i correlate them to our time. comparing the concepts of relations to religions and confessions in 21st century with constantine’s and theodosius’ concepts in 4th century, constantine’s concept of religious freedom is undoubtedly distinctively closer to modern mentality and to the contemporary concept of relation to religion than the monistic-exclusive theodosius’ concept of privileged state religion. With regards to increasingly emphasized christianophobia, religion-phobia and xenophobia, which manifest themselves not only through individual excesses, but also in politics and public media; sometimes one can get impression that modern chronological walk backwards and detachment from theodosius’ model not only stops on constantine’s relation to religion, but gradually glides even further into the past, to the Diocletian’s “solution” of christian issues. Modern society must be vigilant over these facts and therefore constantine’s model of relation to religion, outlined in the edict of Milan, is still topical and inspiring.
Ključne riječi
Edict of Milan; models of relations to religion; Constantine; unity of Church; society; coexistence
Hrčak ID:
120761
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Datum izdavanja:
8.5.2014.
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