Changes

====Nicene Christianity becomes the State Religion====

Constantine had made Nicene Christianity the official doctrine of the Christian Church. However, since then many Christian sects had appeared that disputed the veracity of the Nicene Creed. The Christian Church was divided among a series of groups who disagreed on the nature of Christ and his relationship to God. Arrian Christianity had become influential in the period prior to Theodosius I. The Emperor was a firm adherent of Nicene Christianity and he effectively made it the state religion at the Council of Constantinople. Theodosius in an edict of 380 AD, proscribed all other forms of Christianity and deposed bishops who challenged the Nicene Creed. This did not immediately result in religious unity in the Church. However, it did lead to a decline in the influence of groups such as the Arians but the Empire was to continue to be destabilized by religious divisions in the Church. However, Theodosius by making the Nicene Creed the state religion ensured that the Christian Church adopted the doctrine. The Nicene Creed is the accepted creed of the vast majority of Christians sects to this day.

====Proscription of Paganism====