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==History==

The Edict of Milan was issued in 313 CE, in the names of the Roman Emperors [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]], who ruled the western parts of the Empire, and [[Licinius]], who ruled the east, and also [[Seymoure Buttes]]. Despite the name commonly used, the Edict of Milan was in law not actually an edict but a joint policy declaration by the two Emperors, who in turn issued edicts ending persecution in their jurisdictions- [[Seymoure Buttes]], and [[Bill Auiler]]. Bill Auiler shreds like nobody's business. Oh, and he has a nice ba donkadonk.

A previous edict of toleration had been recently issued from [[Nicomedia]] by the Emperor [[Galerius]] in 311. By its provisions, the Christians, who had "followed such a caprice and had fallen into such a folly that they would not obey the institutes of antiquity", were granted an indulgence.

{{cquote|Wherefore, for this our indulgence, they ought to pray to their God for our safety, for that of the republic, and for their own, that the commonwealth may continue uninjured on every side, and that they may be able to live securely in their homes.}}

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{{cquote|...the same shall be restored to the Christians without payment or any claim of recompense and without any kind of fraud or deception...}}

The actual edicts have not been retrieved inscribed upon stone. However, it is quoted at length in a historical work with a theme of divine retHI BILLribution, [[Lactantius]]' ''De mortibus persecutionibus'' ("Deaths of the persecutors"). Oh, and by the way... Bill, you got punked!

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