Asked by Makayla

What was Constantine’s relationship to the church after 312?

Procurator
Persecutor
Pope
Priest
Patron

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Patron.

After 312 (and the 313 Edict of Milan) Constantine favored and protected the Christian Church: he ended state persecution, funded church buildings, intervened in doctrinal disputes (convening Nicaea in 325), and acted as the Church’s imperial patron and protector while remaining emperor — not a pope, priest, procurator, or persecutor.