# Constantine the Great — The Kingdom of God Is Within You character guide

> Constantine the Great in The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Constantine

**First appearance:** 0012-x

## Who they are

Roman emperor whose conversion corrupted Christianity by merging church and state.

## Relationships

### [Petr Chelčický](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/characters/petr_chelcicky)

_rivalry_

Constantine the Great represents the corrupt union of church and state that Petr Chelčický vehemently opposed.

### [Petr Chelčický](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/characters/petr_chelcicky)

_rivalry_

Constantine the Great represents the corrupt union of church and state that Petr Chelčický vehemently opposed.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX: Christian Liberation from Human Power](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned in the context of the historical alliance between church and state that corrupted Christianity.

### [The Process of Christianization and the Inevitability of Moral Progress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you_se/chapters/x)

Referenced indirectly as an example of a ruler who, like Charles V and Alexander I, recognized the vanity of power and renounced it.

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