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Why to avoid persecution would early Christian meet hide out and bury their dead?
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∙ 6y ago
Um, not sure! Someone please correct me!
Clarabelle Ernser
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∙ 14y agoBecause of this persecution, the Christians were forced to meet in the catacombs, which were long, dark galleries under the city of Rome. There they continued their meetings, baptisms, and even burials for their dead. As a result of the persecution, many of the early Christians were scattered throughout the Roman Empire, expediting the cause of evangelism and fulfilling the Lord's commands to make disciples of all nations (Acts 8:1, 4-40, 11:19-26, Matthew 28:18-20).
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∙ 14y agoBy the middle of the third century, Christians began to appropriate the catacombs from the followers of Mithraism. They then used these catacombs as Christian burial places, some say as a sign of disrespect for the god Mithras.
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∙ 13y agoThe early christians had to hide from the ruler at their time.All the rulers,or those that I know of, hated God and His ways.The christians would be killed if they decided that they could worship freely.Do you remember what happened to Jesus? It is the same.
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∙ 6y agoIt was the very secretiveness of the Christian sect that aroused the suspicious of the Romans - meeting privately instead of in the temples, reputed to have ceremonies eating human flesh and drinking human blood, and they were mostly Greeks, who were notoriously revolutionary plotters. The Jews, of which early Christians were a sect, expelled them in the early 90s CE, so they were under suspicion from all sides. Domitian decided to eliminate this apparent threat and began strong action. This continued until Trajan realised they were not a threat and ended official persecution.
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∙ 13y agoThe early Christians believed in the Resurrection of the Body and a Last Judgement. Since the burial custom at the time of the early Christians was cremation, the Christians' belief was that if the body were destroyed it could not be resurrected in its perfect state at the Last Judgement.
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∙ 10y agocatacombs (underground burial places)
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How did early Christian church survive?
Before Christianity became a legal religion in Roman Empire, Christians sometimes were required to hide. They would meet secretly and avoid detection as much as possible.
Where did Jewish persecution originate from?
from the ritual, (Christian) antisemitism started when Christianity was merely a branch of Judaism and the Christians did not like all of the ritual and ceremony involved in Judaism. Though there was a lull in the second and third centuries, the persecution has gone on since. Naza antisemitsm is arguably the natural progression of Christian antisemitsm, though the Roman Catholic Church would argue against it (they would also argue that Christian anitsemitsm does not exist). i hope that answers your question.
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.
Who ended the persecution of the Christians by Galerius?
A:It was Galerius himself who ended the Great Persecution that he had earlier persuaded Diocletian to institute. He had come to realise that persecution would achieve nothing in turning followers away from Christianity.
What would be considered a pull factor of migration?
religious or political persecution
What word would mean the suffering and death of christian?
Persecution. Retribution.
How did early Christian church survive?
Before Christianity became a legal religion in Roman Empire, Christians sometimes were required to hide. They would meet secretly and avoid detection as much as possible.
Where did Jewish persecution originate from?
from the ritual, (Christian) antisemitism started when Christianity was merely a branch of Judaism and the Christians did not like all of the ritual and ceremony involved in Judaism. Though there was a lull in the second and third centuries, the persecution has gone on since. Naza antisemitsm is arguably the natural progression of Christian antisemitsm, though the Roman Catholic Church would argue against it (they would also argue that Christian anitsemitsm does not exist). i hope that answers your question.
The colony settled by the puritans to avoid religious persecution?
The Puritans settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 1600s to escape religious persecution in England. They sought to establish a community where they could practice their faith freely and according to their own beliefs. This colony became a significant center for Puritanism in the New World.
Would Christianity have grown or would it even have survived if it had continued to be outlawed in the Roman Empire?
You can't contribute the growth of the Christian faith to the persecution of early church. Remember God had come and walked amoung us with a message we needed to understand and at the same time opened the door for all people to join us.
Why did women in the late Middle Ages avoid taking nontraditional roles?
Fear of persecution They had a fear of being labeled witches. If they did so, they would arouse suspicion.
What food would be at a Christian wedding?
This will vary greatly according to culture as well as the socio-economic circumstances involved. There is no specifically Christian food, although some Christians would avoid alcohol.
Did the early pilgrims achieve to start a Christian nation?
The early pilgrims did establish a Christian community in the New World, but it would be inaccurate to say they created a strictly Christian nation. The United States was founded on principles of religious freedom and separation of church and state.
Who is the elderly martyr who refused to blaspheme?
That would be St. Polycarp, an early Christian bishop and martyr who refused to renounce his faith during Roman persecution. He was asked to blaspheme Christ, but he declared, "Eighty-six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury. How then can I blaspheme my King and Savior?" He was ultimately burned at the stake for his refusal.
How is Christ portrayed in early christian art?
There is no early Christian art. Until Constantine legalized Christianity in the 4th century, most Christians would have considered religious art as possible Idols and thus prohibited.
In what centurie were Catholics feed to the lions in Rome?
Catholics were fed to the lions in Rome during the first and second centuries AD, particularly during the reigns of emperors like Nero and Domitian. This persecution was part of a broader effort to suppress the early Christian movement in the Roman Empire.
What is the development of the monastic tradition?
The monastic tradition developed in the early Christian Church as individuals sought a deeper spiritual life through solitude, prayer, and ascetic practices. Monasteries became centers of learning and preservation of knowledge during the Middle Ages. Monasticism has continued to evolve over time with various orders and traditions emerging within Christianity.
