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What small country located in a mountainous region of Italy was settled by Christians escaping persecution in the fourth century?
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Have any Popes in this century ordered the persecution of Christians?
Well, considering Catholicism is Christian, no
In what year did Emperor Decius order a slaughter of Christians?
AnswerEmperor Decius odered a persecution of Christians in 249, and that persecution lasted for sixteen months. However, he did not really order a slaughter of Christians. He ordered to arrest of the bishops and prevented an election for bishop of Rome for the entire 16 months the persecution lasted. There were no doubt some executions, but the evidence of early Christians is that there was no slaughter.The fourth-century Church Father, Origen, attested that until his time the number of Christian martyrs had not been great and could readily be counted. Dionysius reckoned that in the immense city of Alexandria, under the rigorous persecution of Decius, only ten men and seven women suffered for the profession of the Christian name.
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.
Which Roman Emperor accepted Christianity and ended the persecution of christians?
The answer is probably too complex for a quick "WikiAnswer." Here's a brief summary. Various (non-Christian) commentators describe with fair believability the conditions in the Empire under various emperors. Starting with Nero (54-68 C.E.), most did not persecute Christians specifically, but rather targeted all groups that were seen as subversive. Christians were certainly part of that, but most emperors did not specifically seek out Christians. By the time of Diocletian (284-305) the imperial attitude towards groups like the Christians was quite mellow. Diocletian, however, had a personal problem with Christians, and under his reign there was a final Great Persecution. Just how many died isn't clear, and estimates range from maybe 2,000 (Origen) to over 100,000. Diocletian's 21 year reign ended with a confused welter of successors who ruled each for a few months at most, followed by Constantine the Great who became emperor in 306. In 311 his co-emperor Galerius stopped imperial persecution of Christians. A year or so later Constantine declared himself Christian and issued the Edict of Milan, which not only declared toleration for Christians, but reversed all judgments against Christians for their religion, including returning confiscated property. As the first Christian emperor of Rome, Constantine was also the first Christian emperor to go to war against other Christians over a difference in beliefs.
How long did the persecution last in the Roman empire?
There is no real evidence of the Romans persecuting Christians before at least 97 CE, and only sporadic periods of persecution even after that. Professor Keith Hopkins (A world full of gods: the Strange Triumph of Christianity) says that although in its early years Christianity was both illegal and at loggerheads with the state, it was largely ignored until the three purges of 250, 257 and 303- 311.Any persecution of the Christians ended early in the fourth century, when Christianity received state patronage under Emperor Constantine. Then, later in the fouth century, Christianity became the official religion of Rome and was in a position to persecute pagans and Mithraists. It seems that persecution does not choose its victims - whichever religion is more powerful at the time persecutes the less powerful.AnswerEuan Cameron (Interpreting Christian History: The Challenge of the Churches' Past) says, "Contrary to popular tradition, the first three centuries of Christianity were not times of steady or consistent persecution. Persecution was sporadic, intermittent, and mostly local." It is generally agreed that there was no organised, general, centrally directed persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire before the edict of Emperor Decius in 249, which then only remained in effect until 251 CE. The only prolonged and very widespread "great persecution" of Christians was that initiated by Diocletian in 303 CE. It lasted until 305 in the West, but continued until 311 in the East. Over a period of almost three centuries, it has been estimated that the Christians suffered a total of about twelve years of official, widespread persecution.Answer120years
When in the 20th century persecution of Christians occurred?
never
Have any Popes in this century ordered the persecution of Christians?
Well, considering Catholicism is Christian, no
How were the early Christians received in Rome?
It appears from historical evidence that the early Christians were largely ignored by the pagan Roman Empire, apart from two brief periods of official persecution after 250 CE, and in the Great Persecution early in the fourth century. When disaster struck, local Christians were sometimes accused of angering the gods, resulting in small scale mob attacks on Christian targets, but by and large it appears that Christianity prospered. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) believes the Christian tradition of widespread and savage official persecution began around the end of the fourth century, as justification for the persecution of the pagans by Christian authorities.
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.
Who was the supreme ruler of Rome who persecuted the Church in the Bible?
The Bible does not mention any Roman Emperor as persecuting the Church. In fact, there does not appear to have been any widespread, official persecution of the Church during the first century. The only exception to the first-century emperors ignoring or tolerating the Christians was when Emperor Nero blamed the Christians of Rome, probably unfairly, for starting the Great Fire of Rome. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) says that this did not extend to a general persecution of Christians throughout the empire.
In what year did Emperor Decius order a slaughter of Christians?
AnswerEmperor Decius odered a persecution of Christians in 249, and that persecution lasted for sixteen months. However, he did not really order a slaughter of Christians. He ordered to arrest of the bishops and prevented an election for bishop of Rome for the entire 16 months the persecution lasted. There were no doubt some executions, but the evidence of early Christians is that there was no slaughter.The fourth-century Church Father, Origen, attested that until his time the number of Christian martyrs had not been great and could readily be counted. Dionysius reckoned that in the immense city of Alexandria, under the rigorous persecution of Decius, only ten men and seven women suffered for the profession of the Christian name.
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.
Who punishes the Non-Christians in the fifteenth century?
Christians.
Who was Saint Dennis?
Actually it is St. Denis. According to Christian tradition, Saint Denis is a Christian martyr and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in connection with the Decian persecution of Christians, shortly after 250 AD.
What did Romans think about the persecution of Christians?
There is no real evidence of the Romans persecuting Christians before at least 97 CE, and only sporadic periods of persecution even after that. A Christian tradition holds that Nero persecuted the Christians living in Rome because he blamed them for the Great Fire, but historians have been unable to find any evidence of such persecution or even a reason for Nero to want to blame them unjustly. If the story of the martyrdom of Stephen is based on fact, then that instance involved Jews, not Romans.When it occurred, persecution was usually because Christians refused to worship the gods, thereby risking divine wrath. Some Romans felt that the gods could be appeased by punishing Christians who overtly refused to worship them. Sometimes emperors supported one side or the other for political reasons.From the late fourth century onwards, Christianity had become the official religion of Rome and was in a position to persecute pagans and Mithraists. It seems that persecution does not choose its victims - whichever religion is more powerful at the time persecutes the less powerful.
When did the persecution of the jewish people begin?
Christian tradition says that persecution of the Christians began with Emperor Nero in the 60s of the first century. Certainly, he blamed Christians, perhaps unfairly, for the Great Fire of Rome, but there is no evidence for the persecution by him of Christians more generally. It has been pointed out that Acts of the Apostles, written long after the time of Nero, never mentions any persecution of Christians, and that no Christian writing even mentioned Nero as a persecutor until long after the event. Although Nero very likely used the Christians of Rome as scapegoats, this falls short of persecuting them for their religion. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) finds circumstantial evidence that Nero never issued any edict requiring the persecution of Christians.Some say that Christians were persecuted under Domitian (81-96 CE), but there is no firm evidence for this. Any persecution carried out would have been local and limited in scope.The first widespread, official persecution of Christians known to have occurred began under Emperor Decius in 249 CE and lasted for about 18 months, apparently without great loss of life.Gibbon suggests that the early Christians created a legend of prolonged and widespread persecution of the Christians in order to justify their cruel treatment of pagans, once they themselves had taken control of the empire.
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.
