 
  The Pearl of Great Price
        A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History.  Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation. 
      
      
    The Pearl of Great Price
Oct 27 Constantine, the Edict of Milan and The True Cross
        
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        Tim Byron
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          Season 10
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          Episode 27
      
      Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to be baptised a Christian, This was an incredible turnaround after many terrible persecutions of the Roman authorities, killing tens of thousands of Christians. We look at the spiritual experience that may explain this and the influence of his mother St Helena and her quest to find the true cross