THE TWO SIDES OF CHRISTIANITY

27 and 28 October are key dates in Christian history. Constantine's 'vision of the Cross' in 312, and his attribution of military victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge the next day to God, was the beginning of Christendom in Europe - an era which mixed civilization with bloodshed, saints with militarism, and faith with often brutal sacralised-secular power. But there is another story to be told of Christianity as a non-imperial, liberating and post-Christendom force.  More here.