The end of the persecutions was, paradoxically, a source of disappointment for many Christians. In the new climate of imperial favour, bishops were increasingly at war with their congregations and with one another, arguing about matters ranging from the mundane to the mystical. Money was often at the root of the problem, and this was distressing.
Kate  Cooper, Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women
early-christianity, money, persecution