There have some pretty momentous centuries in the history of Christianity. The 16th century comes to mind with all of the incredible events of the Reformation. But what about the fourth century?
There is so much that happened in the fourth century and it goes far beyond the Council of Nicaea (although that’s part of it).
There was the Edict of Milan that made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire. Then there was Nicaea, which was important just for being the first council of its kind. Add to that, the relationship between Jesus and the Father was worked through, along with other decisions, such as the dating of Easter. Plus we got the Nicene Creed, which is still used by churches today.
The fourth century was the first century in which a Roman Emperor was baptized. It was later in the fourth century, under Emperor Theodosius I, that Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Christians are still debating whether or not that was a good thing but it is still an important event.
It was also in the fourth century that we find the first list of the 27 books of the New Testament as we have in our Bibles today. See Why Do We Have the Books of the Bible We Do?
There was much more that took place but just these are some of the biggest events to happen within Christianity. I think that it could be argued convincingly the fourth century was the biggest century for Christianity.
