...- "christian" by virtue of an Imperial Decree, there were still many Platonist/Aristotelian philosophical 'deists' and Epicurean/Lucretian 'materialist non-theists' in the realm, and especially in the Roman Civil authrority, who did no such thing, and who were now -called- "Christian" by virtue of that same Imperial Decree. that is to say, many in the 'government' were now "Christian" ...