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A Roman emperor did not start the Catholic Church, Jesus started the Catholic Church. Jesus chose St Peter to be the first pope. Emperor Constantine was the First Christian Emperor.
Roman Catholic AnswerIndeed, you are a little confused, as the emperor you are referring to, Constantine the Great, ruled in the fourth century, four hundred years '''after''' the start of the Catholic Church. He, himself, was only a catechumen (he was never baptised until right before his death - in other words, for most of his life, he wasn't even a full Christian).The Catholic Church was considered to have been born from the side of Christ when the soldier opened his side with a lance and blood and water flowed out. It was formally started at Pentecost, fifty days later, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles to confirm them in all truth and lead them to preach to and baptize all nations. ''
from A Catholic Dictionary, ''edited by'' Donald Attwater, ''Second edition, revised 1957'''''''Constantine.''' The name of eleven emperors of Rome at Constantinople. Used by itself, the first, Constantine the Great, is always meant; for he greatly influenced the history of the world by (a) first the toleration and then the privileging of Christianity, (b) the summoning of the first ecumenical council, at Niceae, and recognition of the supremacy of the church in religious matters, and (c) moving the imperial throne to Constantinople. He himself was only a catechumen, who received Baptism on his deathbed; in the Byzantine rite he is venerated as a saint (May 211) with his mother St. Helen: "the holy, illustrious and great emperors, crowned by God and qual with the Apostles," and also in other Eastern calendars.
The Catholic church never had an emperor. It is headed by the Pope, not by an emperor. In 800 Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, the king o the Franks, Emperor of the Romans. The Pope and Charlemagne established an alliance to establish the independence of Catholic Western Europe from the Eastern Romans, who were Orthodox Christians, had previously ruled much on Italy and had interfered with the papacy. Charlemagne created an empire which covered most of western Europe. He was the secular ruler of most of Catholic Europe, but not the emperor of the Catholic Church, which continued to be headed by the pope.
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Did the Roman Catholic Church believe that their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth?
.Roman Catholic AnswerOf course not! The Catholic Church is the Church founded by Our Blessed Lord to lead all people to heaven, it has no emperor!
What did Constantine do to make him important?
He started the Roman Catholic Church.
When was the Roman Catholic Church considered the official religion?
The Roman Catholic Church was never considered the official religion anywhere for the simple reason that there is NO "Roman Catholic Church", that is just an epithet that started in England following the protestant revolt. The Catholic Church was first made legal in the old Roman empire in 313 during the reign of Constantine I. In 380 A.D., under Emperor Theodosius I, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire by the decree of the Emperor, which would persist until the fall of the Western Empire. In 800A.D.,with the coronation of Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor, all of what would become Europe became a Catholic empire, and remained so as long as the rulers were Catholic. Thus, in Northern Germany and England, the Church was no longer considered the official religion by the newly minted protestant princes in those countries.
When Henry VIII separated from the Roman Catholic Church he started his own church called the?
Church of England
How did Constantine divide the Roman Catholic Church?
Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. Constantine was Emperor of Rome who removed the penalty for being a Catholic, he, himself, converted before he died, but was not a Catholic for most of his life. He did not divide the Church.
What is the approximate date that the Roman Catholic Church started?
Pentecost Sunday in about the year 33 AD. is considered the birthday of the Catholic Church.
Who started the Roman Catholic Church movement in the 16th century?
.Catholic AnswerNobody started the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, it had been doing fine for sixteen centuries since Our Blessed Lord started it in the first century.
Who started lutheranism by posting their criticisms of the roman catholic church?
Martin Luther
When did Luther die?
1546. He led and started reformation of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who started lutheranism by posting your criticisms of the roman Catholic church?
martin luther.
Roman Catholic is a religion?
Catholic Answer"Roman Catholic" started out as a slur used by protestants in the Church of England. The Catholic Church never uses "Roman." Yes, Catholicism is the religion that was started by Our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on His Apostle, Saint Peter, read St. Matthew's Gospel 16:17-19.
Is the Chaldean Catholic Church associated with the Roman Catholic Church?
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
