Constantine

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › St. Mary and the Saints

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• QWhy does the Coptic Orthodox church consider Constantine the Great a saint mentioning his name in the Synaxarium; when he had helped Arius against Pope Alexander,…
• QWhy is Emperor Constantine canonized as a Saint (at least in the Eastern Orthodox Church)? The most cursory glance at history would show him very much steeped in paganism…
• QKing Constantine was believed to have been baptized by an Arian, on his death bed. How could we then verify his sainthood?

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