Paganism Surviving in Christianity

CHAPTER XI. CONSTANTINE’S LEGISLATION CONCERNING THE PAGAN

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All His Tolerative Legislation Essentially Pagan--Christians did Not Seek for Sunday Laws--The First Sunday Law, 321 A.D., Pagan in Every Particular--Essentially Identical with Existing Laws Concerning Other Days--Legislation against Heathen Religions Feeble and Unenforced--Constantine Not a “Christian Prince.”