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How many centuries passed between Rome's first persecution of christians and empire wide persecution?
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Approximately three centuries
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Which empire was noted for his brutal persecution of christians and for his stenuous measures to arrest the empire's decay?
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Why was Jesus a threat to the Roman Empire since they had killed him?
A:Historians tell us that the Roman emperors preferred to ignore the Christians and had no interest in Jesus. It was only when the Christians began to appear disloyal to the empire that widespread official persecutions began. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) says that Christian traditions about centuries of pagan persecution arose in the fourth and fifth centuries, when the Christian Church sought to justify its own persecution of the pagan temples.
Who were the 3 worst Roman Emperor persecutors of Christians?
The first documented empire-wide Christian persecution occurred under Maximinus Thrax (reigned 235-238), though only the clergy were sought out. Decius who decreed the Decian Persecution in in 250. this was the first severe persecution of all Christians. Diocletian decreed the great Persecution in 303, which was the worse persecution.
Who are persecuted Christians?
A:It is part of Christian lore that Christians are persecuted and always have been, with numerous martyrs put to death during early Roman times, but this is far from the truth.Any Christians in North Korea could expect to be persecuted by this oppressive Communist regime, but the risks for Buddhists would be far greater. Some persecution of Christians occurs occasionally in Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East, but the official position of Islam is that Christians, as people of the Book, should be free to worship as they please.Certainly, there was occasional and local, unofficial persecution of the early Christians of the Roman Empire, but it is estimated that widespread official persecution of Christian totalled no more than about twelve years, over the course of approximately three centuries. Origen, who, from his experience as well as reading, was intimately acquainted with the history of the Christians, declared that the number of martyrs was not great. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), in explaining the tradition of early Roman persecution, says the ecclesiastical writers of the fourth or fifth centuries ascribed to the magistrates of Rome the same degree of implacable and unrelenting zeal which filled their own breasts against the heretics or the idolaters of their own times. Christians of this period needed to justify their own actions in persecuting others, by claiming that persecution of Christians had been far more common in the past.
When did the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire end?
You're thinking of Constantine the Great. However he did not end the persecutions because there were no persecutions going on at the time. All he did was legitimize the religion and this was for political purposes.
What was the status of Christianity in the Roman empire during the first 3 centuries A.D.?
Christians suffered sporadic persecution in the first three centuries A.D., until the conversion of the Emperor Constantine in 312 A.D. It became the official religion of the Empire in 380 A.D.
Did most roman emperors persecute and kill Christians?
The Great Persecution of Christians began under Emperor Diocletian from 303 and lasted until 311 in the eastern empire, but only until 305 in the west. Yet it is the western empire that eventually failed in 476 CE. Some say that although the empire was already in decline, Constantine hastened that decline. However there is no evidence that Constantine became emperor as a result of the Great Persecution. Nor is there any evidence that the unsustainable financial patronage that he gave to Christianity was a direct response to the Great Persecution. The one tenuous link between the persecution of Christians and the fall of the western empire is that the policy of persecution and the culture of book burning that took place under the Christian emperors might have been a robust response to the period known as the Great Persecution, since these factors contributed to the advent of the Dark Ages. Apart from this, it is difficult to find any link between the persecution of Christians and the failure of the Roman Empire.
Which empire was noted for his brutal persecution of christians and for his stenuous measures to arrest the empire's decay?
Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.Diocletian.
Who started the first persecution of the roman emipre?
There were not any prosecution of the Roman Empire. An empire would not persecute itself. There were persecutions of the Christians. The first such persecution occurred under the emperor Nero.
Who declared how long the persecution of Christians went on in the Roman Empire?
Modern historians say that widespread, official persecution lasted around twelve years in total. Gibbon suggests that under the Christian emperors the tradition of prolonged and widespread persecution of the Christians was created in order to justify the cruel treatment of pagans that was instituted by the Christians themselves once they had taken control of the empire.
13 What ended the Roman persecution of the Christians?
Emperor Galerius issued the Edict of Toleration in 311, bring the Great Persecution of 303-311 to an end. However, persecution of some Christians was renewed under the rule of Emperor Constantine, who determined that Gnostic Christians were not covered by the Edict of Toleration or his own Edict of Milan, issued in 313. Constantine also ordered the persecution of Donatist Christians, but later rescinded the order because it was not having the desired effect. Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of empire in 380, but only the Christianity "taught by the bishops of Rome and Alexandria". Persecution of Christians outside the mainstream Church continued for many centuries, so it is not possible to identify a single time or person who ended this persecution.
When did Parsis start?
The Parsis are Zoroastrians who emigrated from Persia to India somewhere between the 8th and 10th Centuries CE. They were escaping from Muslim persecution in Persia following the fall of the Sassanid Empire there.
Why was Jesus a threat to the Roman Empire since they had killed him?
A:Historians tell us that the Roman emperors preferred to ignore the Christians and had no interest in Jesus. It was only when the Christians began to appear disloyal to the empire that widespread official persecutions began. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) says that Christian traditions about centuries of pagan persecution arose in the fourth and fifth centuries, when the Christian Church sought to justify its own persecution of the pagan temples.
Who were the 3 worst Roman Emperor persecutors of Christians?
The first documented empire-wide Christian persecution occurred under Maximinus Thrax (reigned 235-238), though only the clergy were sought out. Decius who decreed the Decian Persecution in in 250. this was the first severe persecution of all Christians. Diocletian decreed the great Persecution in 303, which was the worse persecution.
Who are persecuted Christians?
A:It is part of Christian lore that Christians are persecuted and always have been, with numerous martyrs put to death during early Roman times, but this is far from the truth.Any Christians in North Korea could expect to be persecuted by this oppressive Communist regime, but the risks for Buddhists would be far greater. Some persecution of Christians occurs occasionally in Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East, but the official position of Islam is that Christians, as people of the Book, should be free to worship as they please.Certainly, there was occasional and local, unofficial persecution of the early Christians of the Roman Empire, but it is estimated that widespread official persecution of Christian totalled no more than about twelve years, over the course of approximately three centuries. Origen, who, from his experience as well as reading, was intimately acquainted with the history of the Christians, declared that the number of martyrs was not great. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), in explaining the tradition of early Roman persecution, says the ecclesiastical writers of the fourth or fifth centuries ascribed to the magistrates of Rome the same degree of implacable and unrelenting zeal which filled their own breasts against the heretics or the idolaters of their own times. Christians of this period needed to justify their own actions in persecuting others, by claiming that persecution of Christians had been far more common in the past.
How does the persecution of Christians by non-Christians compare with the persecution of non-Christians by Christians during the Dark ages?
By far, most of those persecuted or killed by Christians were . . . Christians! Most people asking and answering this question are ignorant that there are distinctions among people who call themselves Christians. To answer this question properly one must understand that there are Catholics and there are Protestants, and both call themselves Christian. Most of those killed by Catholics after the Reformation were Protestant Christians. And a few number of people--a handful, really, in total history--have been killed or persecuted by Protestants--the fewest number compared to any group. So the very common rebuttal to the statement that Islamic terrorists are killing people in a religious fervor, or that many millions were killed by communists, "Christians killed a lot, too, in the Dark Ages!" is a non-sequator.
How were Christians treated before the edict of tolerance was passed?
This varied widely across the Roman Empire (and other places where they lived in those days) from respectfully to persecution to being killed. When persecution did come it often came and receded in waves. Christians even in periods of severe persecution often found well paid jobs in the Empire's bureaucracy, as they were usually more literate than the average Roman of those days.
