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What edict gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution?

   Edict of Thessalonica
   Edict of Milan
   Edict of the Balkans
   Edict of Rome

Your answer was: Edict of Thessalonica.


Answer: The Edict of Milan was the February AD 313 agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum (modern-day Milan) and agreed to change policies towards Christians following the Edict of Toleration issued by Emperor Galerius two years earlier. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution but did not make it the state church of the Roman Empire. That occurred in AD 380 with the Edict of Thessalonica. St Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome to reign entirely under the liberty of the Church, guaranteed by the Edict of Milan.

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