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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
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I'm not sure I understand the phrase "nothing short of the Christianization ..."?
History tells us that Constantine and his soldiers saw an enormous flaming cross in the sky, a phenomenon that seems to be nothing more than a psychic exteriorization of the emotions the army responsible for nothing short of the Christianization of the pagan world was feeling on the eve of their historic undertaking.
I'm not sure I understand the phrase "nothing short of the Christianization ..."?
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Nothing short of is another way of saying no less than . In this context the meaning is that the Christianization of the pagan world was a huge undertaking, and Constantine and his army had achieved it.
- Nothing short of is another way of saying no less than .
- In this context the meaning is that the Christianization of the pagan world was a huge undertaking, and Constantine and his army had achieved it.
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Nothing short of is another way of saying no less than. In this context the meaning is that the Christianization of the pagan world was a huge undertaking, and Constantine and his army had achieved it.
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NewguestI'm not sure I understand the phrase "nothing short of the Christianization ..."?responsible for nothing short of the Christianization of the pagan world
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responsible for the Chrisitanization of the pagan world — and that was no small feat
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responsible for the Chrisitanization of the pagan world — and that was a very big accompl
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