Constantinianism

This view is modeled after an ideal Christendom, which arose during the reign of Constantine the Great.

Contemporary theologians have used the term to characterize a view that Christians should readily participate in liberal democracies.

Fundamentally, the Constantinian view deeply identifies the Church and state, taking inspiration from the Roman Empire following the Edict of Milan.

[1] Some elements of this identification are willingness by the church to use coercive power structures of the state and a tendency towards Christian triumphalism.

"[3] John Howard Yoder and Karl Barth have been identified as an anti-Constantinian due to their shared "church-world" distinction.