Papacy In Late Antiquity
The Papacy in late antiquity was a period in Pope, papal history between 313, when the Edict of Milan#Peace of the Church, Peace in the Church began, and the pontificate of Pope Simplicius, Simplicius in 476, when the Roman Empire of the West Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fell. Overview The beginning of this period is usually taken to be when in Late antiquity, Late Antiquity, in 313, Emperor Constantine the Great, Constantine granted freedom to all religions. He then began to interfere in various ecclesiastical matters, giving rise to Caesaropapism, and a relationship of "difficult entanglement between Church and State", a unique characteristic of this period. One of the first demonstrations of a state power administered by the popes, also emerged at this time, although it was purely diplomatic: "Defender of the needy and the people", as observed in Pope Pope Leo I, Leo I's confrontation with Attila, emperor of the Huns, in which Leo convinces Attila not to invade and sack ...
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