ABSTRACT
In the years between 325 and 337 Constantine continued his support of the church. In a letter to Eusebius of Caesarea he noted with pleasure that the number of Christian converts in Constantinople had grown greatly and that there was a need to build additional churches. He then requested Eusebius to oversee the production of fifty exemplars of the Holy Scriptures and their conveyance by public transport to Constantinople. Eusebius undertook the work at once, seeing to it that these Scriptures were gathered in magnificent and elaborately bound volumes. Constantine acknowledged the receipt of these volumes and at the same time expressed his joy at the growth of the church in Constantia in Palestine (the former Maiuma, the port of Gaza, renamed in honor of his deceased sister Constantia). Constantine also supported Christian charities by granting allocations of grain to churches for distribution to the poor. When the city of Antioch was struck by famine in 334 grain was distributed to the people through the churches.
