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Letter: Did the emperor see a meteor too?

Published 10 June 2015

From Stefanie Duff

I was surprised that in discussing meteors, St Paul and Christianity (25 April, p 8) you didn’t also mention the vision of the emperor Constantine, whose conversion made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire. If both Paul and Constantine saw meteorites, extra-terrestrial randomness could be responsible for the one-two punch of conversion and militarisation and the subsequent growth of this monotheistic faith.
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Issue no. 3025 published 13 June 2015

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