Emperor Constantine the Great"s Conversion to Christianity. Research on the History of the Ancient Church

Anatoly Alekseevich Spassky (1866–1916) is a wonderful Russian historian of the ancient church and theologian, professor of the Imperial Moscow Theological Academy, a student and successor to the department of the famous A.P. Lebedev. In the present volume of his works, named under the title article, the appeal of Emperor Konstantin the Great to Christianity, included a wide variety of church-historical studies created in the period 1896-1905. All the works of A. A. Spassky are united by a unified through theme of the relevance of ancient church history for the present, its enduring interest and vital importance for the Christians of our days. Written at the highest scientific level, the works of A. A. Spassky at the same time are distinguished by a beautiful literary style, read easily and with pleasure. Compared to the first publication, significant editorial and bibliographic corrections were made. For all those interested in the history of the ancient Church and Orthodox theology.
2nd ed