It is our will that all peoples under the rule of our clemency shall hold the religion which the divine apostle Peter delivered to the Romans.
Cunctos populos, quos clementiae nostrae regit temperamentum, in tali volumus religione versari, quam divinum Petrum apostolum tradidisse Romanis.
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Theodosius I
Roman emperor (347-395, r. 379-395), Theodosius the Great. The last to rule the entire empire, he made Nicene Christianity the state religion via the Edict of Thessalonica (380), but presided over the 390 massacre.
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Source: テオドシウス勅令『テッサロニキ勅令』、380年2月28日(Codex Theodosianus 16.1.2)Verified