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The Edict of Thessalonica was subsequently incorporated into Book XVI of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Theodosian_code?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodosian code">Theodosian Code</a> and was the milestone of the official <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianization of the Roman Empire">Christianization of the Roman Empire</a>.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Content"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Content</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Importance"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Importance</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Background" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>In 313 the emperor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Constantine_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine I">Constantine I</a>, together with his eastern counterpart <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Licinius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Licinius">Licinius</a>, issued the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Milan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edict of Milan">Edict of Milan</a>, which granted <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religious_toleration?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious toleration">religious toleration</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religious_freedom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious freedom">freedom</a> for persecuted Christians. By 325 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arianism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arianism">Arianism</a>, a school of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christology?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Christology">christology</a> which contended that Christ did not possess the divine essence of the Father but was rather a primordial creation and an entity subordinate to God, had become sufficiently widespread and controversial in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Early_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Early Christianity">Early Christianity</a> that Constantine called the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Council of Nicaea">Council of Nicaea</a> in an attempt to end the controversy by establishing an empire-wide, i.e., "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ecumenical?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical">ecumenical</a>" <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Orthodoxy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Orthodoxy">orthodoxy</a>. The council produced the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nicene_Creed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Original_Nicene_Creed_of_325" title="Nicene Creed">original text</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nicene_Creed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a>, which rejected the Arian confession and upheld that Christ is "true God" and "of one essence with the Father."<sup id="cite_ref-EmpireBay_7-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-EmpireBay-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>However, the strife within the Church did not end with Nicaea, and the Nicene credal formulation remained contentious even among anti-Arian churchmen. Constantine, while urging tolerance, began to think that he had come down on the wrong side, and that the Nicenes—with their fervid, reciprocal persecution of Arians—were actually perpetuating strife within the Church. Constantine was not baptized until he was near death (337), choosing a bishop moderately sympathetic to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arius">Arius</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eusebius_of_Nicomedia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eusebius of Nicomedia">Eusebius of Nicomedia</a>, to perform the baptism.<sup id="cite_ref-EmpireBay_7-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-EmpireBay-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Constantius_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Constantius II">Constantius II</a>, Constantine's son and successor in the eastern empire, was partial to the Arian party, and even exiled pro-Nicene bishops. Constantius' successor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Julian_(emperor)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Julian (emperor)">Julian</a> (later called "The Apostate" by Christian writers) was the only emperor after the conversion of Constantine to reject Christianity, attempting to fragment the Church and erode its influence by encouraging a revival of religious diversity, calling himself a "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hellenes_(religion)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenes (religion)">Hellene</a>" and supporting forms of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hellenistic_religion?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hellenistic religion">Hellenistic religion</a>. He championed the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Religion in ancient Rome">traditional religious <i>cultus</i> of Rome</a> as well as Judaism, and furthermore declared toleration for all the various unorthodox Christian sects and schismatic movements. Julian's successor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jovian_(emperor)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jovian (emperor)">Jovian</a>, a Christian, reigned for only eight months and never entered the city of Constantinople. He was succeeded in the east by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Valens?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Valens">Valens</a>, an Arian.<sup id="cite_ref-EmpireBay_7-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-EmpireBay-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>By 379, when Valens was succeeded by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Theodosius_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Theodosius I">Theodosius I</a>, Arianism was widespread in the eastern half of the Empire, while the west had remained steadfastly Nicene. Theodosius, who had been born in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hispania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hispania">Hispania</a>, was himself a Nicene Christian and very devout. In August, his western counterpart <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gratian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gratian">Gratian</a> promoted persecution of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heresy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heresy">heretics</a> in the west.<sup id="cite_ref-EmpireBay_7-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-EmpireBay-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Content" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The Edict of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Early centers of Christianity">Thessalonica</a> was jointly issued by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Theodosius_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Theodosius I">Theodosius I</a>, emperor of the East, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gratian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gratian">Gratian</a>, emperor of the West, and Gratian's junior co-ruler <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Valentinian_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Valentinian II">Valentinian II</a>, on 27 February 380.<sup id="cite_ref-Ehler65_5-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Ehler65-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The edict came after Theodosius had been baptized by the bishop <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ascholius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ascholius">Ascholius</a> of Thessalonica upon suffering a severe illness in that city.<sup id="cite_ref-Ιερά_Μητρόπολη_Θεσσαλονίκης_8-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-%CE%99%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC_%CE%9C%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><span class="anchor" id="Text"></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p> <blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>IMPPP. GR(ATI)ANUS, VAL(ENTINI)ANUS ET THE(O)D(OSIUS) AAA. EDICTUM AD POPULUM VRB(IS) CONSTANTINOP(OLITANAE).</p> <p><b>Cunctos populos</b>, quos clementiae nostrae regit temperamentum, in tali volumus religione versari, quam divinum Petrum apostolum tradidisse Romanis religio usque ad nunc ab ipso insinuata declarat quamque pontificem Damasum sequi claret et Petrum Aleksandriae episcopum virum apostolicae sanctitatis, hoc est, ut secundum apostolicam disciplinam evangelicamque doctrinam patris et filii et spiritus sancti unam deitatem sub pari maiestate et sub pia trinitate credamus. Hanc legem sequentes Christianorum catholicorum nomen iubemus amplecti, reliquos vero dementes vesanosque iudicantes haeretici dogmatis infamiam sustinere ‘nec conciliabula eorum ecclesiarum nomen accipere’, divina primum vindicta, post etiam motus nostri, quem ex caelesti arbitro sumpserimus, ultione plectendos.</p> <p>DAT. III Kal. Mar. THESSAL(ONICAE) GR(ATI)ANO A. V ET THEOD(OSIO) A. I CONSS.</p> </blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"> <blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>EMPERORS GRATIAN, VALENTINIAN AND THEODOSIUS <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Augustus_(honorific)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus (honorific)">AUGUSTI</a></i>. EDICT TO THE PEOPLE OF <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Constantinople?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Constantinople">CONSTANTINOPLE</a>.<br> It is our desire that all the various nations which are subject to our Clemency and Moderation, should continue to profess that religion which was delivered to the Romans by the divine <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Apostle_Peter?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostle Peter">Apostle Peter</a>, as it has been preserved by faithful tradition, and which is now professed by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pope?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pope">Pontiff</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pope Damasus I">Damasus</a> and by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pope_Peter_II_of_Alexandria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Peter II of Alexandria">Peter</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bishop_of_Alexandria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Alexandria">Bishop of Alexandria</a>, a man of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Apostles in the New Testament">apostolic</a> holiness. According to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Apostolic_Age?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Age">apostolic teaching</a> and the doctrine of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gospel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gospel">Gospel</a>, let us believe in the one deity of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/God_the_Father?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="God the Father">Father</a> and of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/God_the_Son?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="God the Son">Son</a> and of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Holy Spirit in Christianity">Holy Spirit</a>, in equal majesty and in a holy <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trinity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>. We order the followers of this law to embrace the name of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Catholic_(term)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Catholic (term)">Catholic</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christians?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Christians">Christians</a>; but as for the others, since, in our judgment they are foolish madmen, we decree that they shall be branded with the ignominious name of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heretics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Heretics">heretics</a>, and shall not presume to give to their conventicles the name of churches. They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Last_judgment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Last judgment">divine condemnation</a> and in the second the punishment of our authority which in accordance with the will of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heaven_in_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heaven in Christianity">Heaven</a> we shall decide to inflict.<br> GIVEN IN THESSALONICA ON THE THIRD DAY FROM THE <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Calends?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Calends">CALENDS</a> OF MARCH, DURING THE FIFTH <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_consul?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman consul">CONSULATE</a> OF GRATIAN AUGUSTUS AND FIRST OF THEODOSIUS AUGUSTUS<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="templatequotecite"> — <cite><i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Codex_Theodosianus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Codex Theodosianus">Codex Theodosianus</a></i>, <a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/s:Codex_Theodosianus_-_Liber_XVI%23I.2" class="extiw" title="la:s:Codex Theodosianus - Liber XVI">xvi.1.2</a></cite> </div> </blockquote> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Importance">Importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Importance" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The edict was followed in 381 by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Council of Constantinople">First Council of Constantinople</a>, which affirmed the Nicene Symbolum and gave final form to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nicene-Constantinopolitan_Creed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed">Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ancient_Roman_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Roman Christianity">Ancient Roman Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianization of the Roman Empire">Christianization of the Roman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_late_ancient_Christianity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="History of late ancient Christianity">History of late ancient Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_late_Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire">Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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class="reference-text">The Edict is the first which definitely introduces catholic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Orthodoxy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Orthodoxy">orthodoxy</a> as the established religion of the Roman State. It marks the end of the fourth-century religious controversy on the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trinity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>, occasioned by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arianism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arianism">Arianism</a> and calling forth definitions of orthodox dogma by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of Nicaea</a> (325) and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Council of Constantinople">First Council of Constantinople</a> (381). Acknowledgment of the true doctrine of the Trinity is made the test of State recognition. The citation of the Roman See as the yardstick of correct belief is significant; bracketing of the name of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Patriarch of Alexandria">Patriarch of Alexandria</a> with that of the Pope was due to the Egyptian See's stalwart defence of the Trinitarian position, particularly under <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius of Alexandria</a>. The last sentence of the Edict indicates that the Emperors contemplate the use of physical force in the service of orthodoxy; this is the first recorded instance of such a departure.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> </ol> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Edict_of_Thessalonica&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"> <div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Church and State Through the Centuries</i>, ed. Ehler and Morrall</span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith Studies: World religions</i>. Jnanada Prakashan. 2009. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7139-280-3?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7139-280-3">978-81-7139-280-3</a>. <q>In the most common sense, "mainstream" refers to Nicene Christianity, or rather the traditions which continue to claim adherence to the Nicene Creed.</q></span></li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pahner p. 378</span></li> <li id="cite_note-Ehler65-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Ehler65_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Ehler65_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEhlerMorrall1967" class="citation book cs1">Ehler, Sidney Zdeneck; Morrall, John B (1967). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://books.google.com/books?id%3D2WuMyEzani8C%26pg%3DPA6"><i>Church and State Through the Centuries: A Collection of Historic Documents with Commentaries</i></a>. p. 6-7. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8196-0189-6?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8196-0189-6"><bdi>978-0-8196-0189-6</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515193906/https://books.google.com/books?id%3D2WuMyEzani8C%26pg%3DPA6">Archived</a> from the original on 2016-05-15<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-09-28</span></span>. <q>This Edict is the first which definitely introduces Catholic orthodoxy as the established religion of the Roman world. 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