Edict of Toleration by Galerius

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The Edict of Toleration by Galerius was a 311 CE imperial decree that officially ended the Roman Empire’s persecution of Christians and granted them legal permission to practice their faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legal decree ⓘ
imperial edict ⓘ
appliesTo Christians ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Roman emperor Galerius ⓘ
linked to: Galerius
category 4th-century Christianity ⓘ
Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
coIssuedBy Constantine I ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus

Licinius ⓘ
Maximinus Daia ⓘ
date 30 April 311 ⓘ
311 ⓘ
doesNotProvide full religious equality with pagan cults ⓘ
return of all confiscated Christian property ⓘ
geographicalScope Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
hasType edict of toleration ⓘ
historicalSignificance first official Roman imperial decree granting legal toleration to Christianity ⓘ
important step toward eventual Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
marked transition from persecution to toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ
issuedBy Galerius ⓘ
Roman imperial college of tetrarchs ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalEffect ended attempts to force Christians to sacrifice to Roman gods ⓘ
ended criminal penalties solely for being Christian ⓘ
legalStatusGranted permission to practice Christianity ⓘ
toleration of Christian worship ⓘ
mainProvision Christians allowed to assemble ⓘ
Christians allowed to rebuild places of worship ⓘ
Christians required to obey the laws of the state ⓘ
Christians required to pray for the health of the emperors ⓘ
motivationStated desire to restore public peace ⓘ
recognition that persecution failed to make Christians abandon their faith ⓘ
placeOfIssue Sardica ⓘ
linked to: Serdica

Serdica ⓘ
policyChange end of official persecution of Christians ⓘ
legalization of Christian worship ⓘ
politicalContext Tetrarchy ⓘ
predecessor Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ
relatedEvent Great Persecution ⓘ
religiousGroupMentioned Christians ⓘ
requires Christians to maintain public order ⓘ
Christians to pray to their God for the welfare of the emperors ⓘ
successor 313 Edict of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Milan

Edict of Milan ⓘ
survivesAs inscriptional copies ⓘ
literary transmission ⓘ
timePeriod early 4th century ⓘ

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Diocletianic Persecution → endedBy → Edict of Toleration by Galerius ⓘ
Galerius → knownFor → Edict of Toleration of 311 ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Toleration by Galerius
Galerius → issued → Edict of Toleration in Nicomedia ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Toleration by Galerius