History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

Mosheim two years after his Sunday law. Thus he
says:--
"After well considering the subject, I have
come to the conclusion, that subsequently to the
death of Licinius in the years 323 when
Constantine found himself sole emperor, he
became an absolute Christian, or one who believes
no religion but the Christian to be acceptable to
God. He had previously considered the religion of
one God as more excellent than the other religions,
and believed that Christ ought especially to be
worshiped: yet he supposed there were also inferior
deities, and that to these some worship might be
paid, in the manner of the fathers, without fault or
sin. And who does not know, that in those times,
many others also combined the worship of Christ
with that of the ancient gods, whom they regarded
as the ministers of the supreme God in the
government of human and earthly affairs."[37]
As a heathen, Constantine was the worshiper of
Apollo or the sun, a fact that sheds much light upon
his edict enjoining men to observe the venerable
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