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Which came first the Great Persecution of Diocletian or the Donatist Controversy?
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What was the Donatist controversy over?
The Christians who succumbed to the will of the state during the great persecution under diocletian
Was Donatist Controversy a theological controversy for the Early Church?
Yes, it was a controversy between the Donatist sect in Tunisia and the Bishop of Rome in the early 4th century B.C. The Roman emperor Constantine the Great unsuccessfully tried to mediate it.
What is the donatist controversy?
An event that took place in the 4/5th century in Rome. Some Christians bent to the will of Diocletian during the great persecution and the Donatists didn't think that those people's faith was valid any longer. There was controversy over who should be bishop of Carthage. So they sent representatives to Rome to argue their case but Constantine ruled that they were wrong. They still wouldn't give up so Constantine persecuted them, but that just made them martyrs.
Who started the great persecution of christians?
The Roman emperors Diocletian and Galerius
What roman emperor began the last great persecution of the christians?
The last persecution of Christians (303-311) and the worse one, is attributed to the emperor Diocletian. However, there was the work of his co-emperor Galerius behind it. Galerius was a fiercer persecutor than Diocletian. This is the only persecution of Christians which has Benn called Great Persecution.
Did diocletian start the great persecution?
Yes, under the influence of his co-emperor Galerius
What effectively ended Diocletian's persecution of the Christians?
AnswerAt the urging of his junior emperor, Galerius, Diocletian proclaimed the persecution of Christianity, the "Great Persecution", in 303 CE. However, this really had little support in the west and was driven in the east more by the presence there of both Diocletian and Galerius. Diocletian abdicated in 305 CE, and the persecution came to an end in the western half of the empire. It copntinued in the east until 311 CE, when Galerius realised that persecution was having no effect on the Christians and so issued the Edict of Toleration.
Was Nero the worst persecutor?
Nero was not the worst persecutor. The worse persecution of Christians, the Great Persecution, occurred some 240 years later under Diocletian.
Why did emperor Diocletian declare a halt to Christian attacks?
The Roman Emperor Diocletian began the Great Persecution of the Christians, then soon after abdicated. It was left to his successor as senior Augustus to decide that persecution was not working, and issue the Edict of Toleration, that halted the attacks on Christians.
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.
Why was the roman emperior Diocletion important to christians?
From a Christian standpoint, Diocletian was important because he instigated the last Great Persecution of the Christians.
Which roman empror tortured and killed christans?
The emperor Nero was said to have persecuted the Christans in 64. There were executions in the Decian persecution by the emperor Decius of 250 and in the persecution by the emperor Valerian from 257 to 259. The worse persecution was under the emperor Diocletian, who unleashed the Great Persecution of 305-313.
