still within the annals of history, a moment was soon to come when a Roman Caesar, Emperor Constantine, would order his soldiers to put the sign of the cross on their shields. An act that marked the end of the cross as a symbol of Roman tyranny over Christians and marked instead the beginning of a new era when Rome would see herself as a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. As Will Durant famously said: There is no greater drama in human record than the sight of a few Christians, scorned or oppressed by a succession of emperors, bearing all trials with a fierce tenacity, multiplying
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