Jesus the Game Changer is a mostly excellent documentary series that looks at the life and teachings of Jesus, and why they continue to impact the world. However, in the first episode, the presenter erroneously states that the Roman Emperor Constantine, who reigned from 306 to 337 AD, made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. While he was the first Christian emperor, Constantine merely gave Christianity legal status in the Roman Empire. It was one of his successors, Theodosius I, who actually made it the official religion of the Empire, when he issued the Edict of Thessalonica, on this day in 380.
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