Talk:Constantine the Great

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There seems to be some kind of fault! I changed the page but when you first click on it the old page comes up without my additions but if you click "edit" and then go back to page mine is there! Huh?

—This unsigned comment is by 91.105.254.203 (talk • contribs) .

This is a software problem we have recently been experiencing. I have not had it happen since recent fixes, but it was happening regularly for a few weeks on me. For more information see the VIllage Pump discussion of the matter. ~ Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:57, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, is there anyway to address it? I'm frightened in case all my work will be lost lol

—This unsigned comment is by 91.105.254.203 (talk • contribs) .

In my experience the problem never actually caused any loss of information — but it was often frustrating. I worked out that I could reopen the page, place my cursor at the end of the page and remove the last return character on the page and then save it to purge the page to show the last edit. As I stated, I've not experienced the problem at all lately — and if you continue to do so, you should probably note it at the Village Pump. ~ Kalki (talk · contributions) 00:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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• Once the Roman emperor Constantine (313-337) and his successors embraced Christianity, the views of the Church Fathers began to be incorporated into imperial law. Constantine himself altered earlier Roman law concerning divorce in 331, for example, with the aim of making it much more difficult for couples, whatever their religion, to dissolve their marriages. Even before that, in he made adultery a public crime, punishable in particularly scandalous cases by death.
  • Margaret Schaus, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, (2006), “Sexuality, Regulation of”, p. 752.

• Beginning with Constantine's reign, church councils in which large numbers of bishops and other church leaders came together to work out common policies and rules to implement them emerged as an important source of law concerning sexual conduct as well as many other matters. The decisions of these bodies, along with the rulings of bishops and other church authorities on individual cases, became the major sources of church law on disputed matters concerning faith and morals.
  • Margaret Schaus, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, (2006), “Sexuality, Regulation of”, p. 752.

• Sexual offenses by Christians were also punishable by special church courts that Constantine had first authorized bishops to conduct. Decisions of these tribunals had the force of public law. Their decisions were enforceable not only by ecclesiastical sanctions such as exocommunication, but also by fine, whippings, and other punishments that civil authorities were instructed to impose upon recalcitrant offenders.
  • Margaret Schaus, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, (2006), “Sexuality, Regulation of”, p. 752.