The Emperor Constantine

The Emperor Constantine
ISBN-10
1725229188
ISBN-13
9781725229181
Series
The Emperor Constantine
Category
Religion
Pages
212
Language
English
Published
2011-09-09
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
Dorothy L. Sayers

Description

A brief 'Prologue' by the 'Church' introduces the career of Constantine (from AD 305-337) with scenes from the empires of both west and east, concentrating on Constantine's progress to imperial power and inevitably in religious belief. He discovers Christ to be the God who has made him his earthly vice-regent as single Emperor. Summoning the Council of Nicaea in 325, an invigorating debate results in the acceptance of Constantine's formula that Christ is 'of one substance with God.' The implications of the Creed of Nicaea are revealed in the last part of the play in which it is Constantine's mother, Helena, who brings him to the realization that he needs redemption by Christ for his political and military life as well as for the domestic tragedy which has resulted in the death of his son.

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