薩洛尼卡敕令

薩洛尼卡敕令羅馬帝國皇帝狄奧多西一世格拉提安瓦倫提尼安二世於公元380年2月27日在薩洛尼卡頒布的敕令,確立尼西亞基督教羅馬帝國國教英語State church of the Roman Empire[1][2][3]

背景

313年君士坦丁大帝頒布了米蘭敕令,基督教在羅馬帝國境內得以合法存在,325年為解決教義爭端,君士坦丁大帝召集了尼西亞會議,確定了尼西亞信經,為基督教確立為羅馬帝國國教奠定基礎。此後,393年,狄奧多西一世頒布一系列法律,禁止其他所有非基督教宗教習俗,其中包括希臘古代奧運會

參考資料

  1. ^ World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith Studies: World religions. Jnanada Prakashan. 2009. ISBN 978-81-7139-280-3. In the most common sense, "mainstream" refers to Nicene Christianity, or rather the traditions which continue to claim adherence to the Nicene Creed.
  2. ^ Pahner p. 378
  3. ^ Ehler, Sidney Zdeneck; Morrall, John B. Church and State Through the Centuries: A Collection of Historic Documents with Commentaries. 1967: 6-7 [2016-09-28]. ISBN 978-0-8196-0189-6. (原始內容存檔於2016-05-15). This Edict is the first which definitely introduces Catholic orthodoxy as the established religion of the Roman world. [...] Acknowledgment of the true doctrine of the Trinity is made the test of State recognition.