君士坦丁大帝皈依基督教之动机探微

Inquiring into the Reasons of Constantine the Great being Converted to Christianity

4世纪初,罗马帝国皇帝君士坦丁大帝皈依基督教成为世界史发展进程中的一个具有标志性的重要事件。因此,君士坦丁大帝皈依基督教的动机成为世界史学者研究的一个热点,纵观中外学者的观点,主要分为信仰动机论和政治动机论。本文通过分析当时基督教对人们信仰、及其在现实政治和文化方面的影响,认为信仰与政治因素构成了君士坦丁大帝皈依基督教动机中的两个必要条件,二者缺一不可。

In the early fourth century, it was an important and signal event in the developing course of the world history that Constantine, the Great of the Roman Empire, was converted to Christianity. Consequently, many scholars of the world have studied the reasons of Constantine the Great being converted to Christianity, and the religious causes or political causes are their two chief opinions of this problem. By analyzing the influ- ences of Christianity＇s exerting on the people＇s religion and the spheres of politics and culture, we argue that both religious causes and political causes are essential conditions to the reason of Constantine the Great being converted to Christianity.