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They were persecuted by a small amount of Jewish people at the start. Jewish people are not like that anymore, and even back then it was only some Jews, not all. The country of England started the church of England when Henry the 8th wanted a divorce and couldn't get one through the catholic church. England has never run all of Protentantism. They are only the head of the church of England (that is called Anglican). England and Germany persecuted fundamental Christians in the past. Some came to America on ships. The ones from Germany went to South Africa. Muslims have persecuted both Jews and Christians, and Muslims still persecute both. There has been some persecution of Christians in India and Nepal as well. Although Hitler's main target was Jews; he also killed Christians, journalists, handicapped people, and gay people. So the nazis persecuted some Christians. China persecuted Christians a lot when it was a communist country. Some have been killed in Vietnam as well.
Well you see a christian can get persecuted anywhere so be more specific but to answer your question in all nations people can get persecuted
The Christian religion.
Christians were persecuted until Rome and Italy adopted the Christian Faith.
The Jewish and christian people. the Jewish were persecuted by the romes and by the Germans
AnswerChristians are not persecuted for being Christians in either Israel or the Palestinian territories. Arguably, Christian Arabs may be discriminated against for their ethnicity, but not for being Christians.
Mostly those cultures that were either/or non-Christian, not white, not conforming to the Aryan standard, including: * Jews * Roma or Gypsies * Homosexuals * Eastern European cultures thought to be lower Hmm... beeing christian didn't directly signify those people weren't persecuted. I would like to add political opponents (could be christian, white and even aryan) or Jehovah's Witnesses (persecuted because they relied on the christian belief that only Jesus is the rescuer and not Hitler).
Saint Samuel was a Coptic Orthodox Christian who was born in Egypt in 597. He was a strong Christian worker who was persecuted for his beliefs. He died in 693.
Being an early Christian was a very large risk. From the outset, Christians were persecuted both by the Judaizers and the Roman government.
Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.Caligula never persecuted any Christians. During his reign the Christian cult had not reached Rome, or if it did, there were probably only a handful of members. Not enough for any authority to bother with.
A:Members of almost all religious groups have been persecuted unfairly by members of other faiths. Religion may not be the only cause of all instances of persecution, but it is a leading cause:The early Christians were at times persecuted by the pagans, although not to anywhere near the extent that later Christian tradition assertsPagans of the Roman Empire were unfairly persecuted by the Christians, as soon as Christians were in a position to do so.Gnostic Christians were persecuted by Catholic-Orthodox Christians.Jews have been persecuted by Christians, down through the ages.Christians and Muslims persecuted each other.Hindus were persecuted by Muslims in IndiaBuddhists were persecuted by Muslims and Hindus in IndiaZoroastrian, Druze and Bahai followers are persecuted by MuslimsPeople have also been persecuted because of their race or sexual orientation.
Christianity was never made illegal. it was persecuted, but was not made illegal.
The roman emperor in 394 was Theodosius I who banned and persecuted anything which was not Christian. The Olympics, long with all pagan temples were either banned or destroyed and the pagans persecuted.