A History of Western Society: Printed Page 190
A History of Western Society, Value Edition: Printed Page 178
A History of Western Society, Concise Edition: Printed Page 190
As the emperors changed their policies about Christianity from persecution to promotion, the church grew, gradually becoming the most important institution in the Mediterranean and Europe. The able administrators and creative thinkers of the church developed permanent institutions and complex philosophical concepts that drew on the Greco-