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…That’s literally not what happened though…

But you are close. Constantine had been dead for a few decades by the time Theodosius I and his boys put out the Edict of Thessalonica. You may be thinking of the Edict of Milan which made Christianity legal.

For a modern comparison, Edict of Milan in 313 is like a when a state decriminalizes marijuana and Edict of Thessalonica in 380 is like when one makes it legal for recreational use and sale. Don’t think about it too much or it breaks down but one’s a much bigger step.

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Was this a misplaced response to my post?

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Not really sure how it could have been, your posts in this thread were about 6 or 7 hours after mine. Would be a pretty neat trick though. I also quoted part of the post directly above mine in the response.

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I did not look at the time stamp, just that it seemed more appropriate to my post than the one it showed up under.

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