Scope Of Chapter 20
From Fall in The West Part of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

The motives,progress and effects of the conversion of Constantine – Legal establishment of the Christian, or Catholic, church

AD	Event
306 – 337	Date of the Conversion of Constantine; His Pagan Superstition
306 – 312	He protects the Christians of Gaul
313	Edict of Milan; Use and Beauty of the Christian Morality; Theory and Practice of Passive Obedience; Divine Right of Constantine
324	General Edict of Toleration;Loyalty and Zeal of the Christian Party; Expectation and Belief of a Miracle
	1 The Labarum, or Standard of the Cross 2 The Dream of Constantine 3 Appearance of a Cross in the sky

AD	Event
312 – 438	Change of the National Religion; Distinction of the Spiritual and Temporal Powers; State of the Bishops under the Christian Emperors
	1 Election of Bishops 2 Ordination of the Clergy 3 Property 4 Civil Jurisdiction 5 Spiritual Censures 6 Freedom of Public Preaching 7 Privilege of Legislative Assemblies