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Historians have estimated that all the Christian Church was subjected to official and widespread persecution for a total of around twelve years during the approximately three centuries before the reign of Emperor Constantine.
Emperor Nero has traditionally been accused of being the first emperor to persecute the Christian Church, but there is no reason to believe this to be the case, and this tradition only arose more than a hundred years after his death. He did, probably unfairly, accuse the Roman Christians of being responsible for the Great Fire of Rome.
There were two brief periods of mild persecution under Emperors Decius and Valerian, but the most important period of persecution of the Christians was the Great Persecution instituted by Diocletian in 303 CE. This lasted until 305 in the west and until 311 in the eastern empire.
The ecclesiastical writers of the fifth century determined that there had been ten periods of persecution under the pagan emperors, but historians do not accept this figure, with Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) saying that the ecclesiastical writers dishonestly ascribed to the pagan emperors the same degree of implacable and unrelenting zeal which filled their own breasts against the heretics or the idolaters of their own times.
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What effect did persecutions have on Christianity?
Persecutions caused the church to expand at a phenomonal rate because everyone could see the persecutions going on. The non-Christians obviously saw that every Christian was ready TO DIE for his/her beliefs.
Which emperor converted the Roman Empire to the Christianity?
No emperor converted the Roman Empire to Christianity. Constantine the Great favoured the Christians and towards the end of his life he got batpised. However, in his days Christianity was still very much a minority religion and he did not do anything to try to convert the pagans. All but one of the subsequent emperors were Christians. They introduced laws which put restrictions on pagan religious practices The emperors Gratian and Theodosius made mainstream Christianity the sole legitimate religion of the empire. Theodosius further tightened the anti-pagan laws , and sponsored or condoned the destruction of pagan temples and shrines Under his reign there were persecutions of pagans. However, no emperor actively tired to convert the pagans. It was the Christian clergy which made efforts to that effect.
Was Charlemagne good for the Church?
The Holy Roman Empire came into being under the Frankish warlord Charlemagne. He was a strong supporter of the papacy, but insisted that he himself had authority over the Church in his domain. Under Charlemagne,the pagans of Saxony were persecuted. In 782, the Franks slaughtered 4,500 pagan prisoners who refused to convert to Christianity. In 785, the pagan leader, Widukind, was baptised. Charlemagne instituted the death penalty for refusing baptism and for other aspects of continued adherence to the pagan faith. So, if winning converts at all costs is what is good for the Church, then Charlemagne was good for the Church. By allowing this, the Church demonstrated that it no longer had any of the moral authority it might once have had.
What has the author Dimitry V Pospielovsky written?
Dimitry V. Pospielovsky has written: 'Soviet antireligious campaigns and persecutions' -- subject(s): Church history, History, Orthodox Eastern Church, Persecution, Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov' 'The Russian church under the Soviet regime, 1917-1982' -- subject(s): Orthodox Eastern Church, Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov'
Who held much less powerunder the empire than it had under the republic in Rome?
The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.
Which Roman Empire launched one of the persecutions of Christians?
There were ten major persecutions under diffrerent Roman emperors. You can take your pick from Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, Maximus the Thracian, Decius, Valerian and Diocletian.
Under the reign of Henry's daughter Mary the Church of England became the official church of the nation True False?
Not under Mary. She restored Catholicism and reconciled England with Rome, it was Elizabeth who later re-established the Church of England and undid the counter-reformation of Mary's reign. ------------------------------The Church in England had always been the official Church. It was established under the Roman Emperors at the Edict of Milan,213 AD. All the Tudors did was to put the title on the statute book and make the legislation work.
Why do women dominate the population of Russia?
World War II deaths and persecutions under Stalin
How far did the Chinese empire extend under the Ming emperors?
Under Ming emperors, China extneded its rule into Mongolia and central Asia and briefly reconquered Vietnam.
What conditions allowed Christianity to grow in the late Roman Empire?
The late Roman Empire, which could be defined as from around 395 to 476 CE, was under the control of Christian emperors and had Christianity as its state religion. The temples had been banned from public worship and were appropriated along with their funds and treasures by the Christian Church, without compensation. Pagans were being persecuted, although paganism continued in rural and remote areas where fromal decrees had little influence. The Church was diligent in burning all pagan literature, so that pagan beliefs could be distorted and ultimately abandoned. Even secular literature, that could have helped maintain the empire, was destroyed on the grounds that the only knowledge that was necessary was that which aided the Church. The conditions in place were persecution and suppression, implemented with considerable zealotry.
Why was legalizing Christianity important?
A:Legalising Christianity meant that there could never be another Great Persecution of Christians as there had been under Emperor Diocletian, and more briefly under Emperors Decius and Valerian. However, what was far more important to the advance of Christianity was making the ancient pagan religions illegal towards the end of the fourth century.
Why was Saint Damian named a saint?
St. Damian, there are several but the most famous was the brother of St. Cosmas. Both were early Christians and doctors who suffered martyrdom under the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. In the primitive Church, death as a martyr was considered as a sign of sainthood.
