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Why wouldn't christians worship the Roman Emperor?
The roman emperor is not a god...
Why did Christians refuse to worship the emperor as a god?
It says in the book of Exodus "Do not have any other gods before me" Many took this, and still do, to mean "Worship no other god" It could also have been to do with the next Commandment, about not worshipping false idols.
Who is Nero the Roman god?
Nero was not a Roman god, he was an insane Roman emperor.
Whom did Christians refuse to worship as god?
Christians tend to believe in a single supreme God; worshiping anybody else goes against their belief - for example, some kings or emperors who wanted to be worshiped as if they were divine.
Did the Inca warship a god of war?
no they did not the closest to the war god was their death god
What event led to the persecution of christians in rome?
Emperor Nero of the Julian-Claudian Reign started a fire in Rome and blamed it on the Christians. He used them as scapegoats in order to persecute them because The Patricians, or wealthy class, were atracted to Christianity and if they became Christian they would not "worship" or respect the Emperor because Christians only worship the one true God, and Patricians were the Emperor's power source.
Who worshipped alah?
people who worship GOD warship Allah because Allah means GOD in Arabic so that also means that Muslims warship GOD but they just believe in him in a different way
Many Christians refused to burn in front of the statue of the Emperor?
To prove that they were loyal Romans, everyone in the empire had to burn incense to Caesar and declare that "Caesar is Lord" once a year. It wasn't the incense as nearly as much as the declaration, because for the Christian there is one and only one Lord, Jesus Christ.
Why did Christians refuse to worship the Emperor as their god?
AnswerAfter the death of a respected emperor, he was usually consecrated as a devus among the gods. A devus was a god who had once been human. rather than a true god ( deus). Nevertheless, it was seen as a mark of atheism not to worship the departed emperors.Christians, in common with the Jews, were monotheistic and thus refused to worship the departed emperors, who they said could not be gods and were therefore unworthy of worship. While Jews were always granted an exemption from this worship, out of respect for their faith, Christians were at least nominally required to worship departed emperors. some were prepared to suffer martyrdom rather than do so.
How can you believe in man as a god?
You can believe in man as a god if you believe that there is a higher god (or gods) who grant divinity to the man. Thus, the Romans believed that their emperor could become a god (divus, not deus, the word for a true god), and Christians believe that Jesus is both man and God.
How did Christianity contradict to roman civilization?
Christians refused to worship the emperor as a god and would not participate in the pagan state religions. Also Christians were critical of Roman entertainments such as orgies and violent forms of entertainment. Christians predicted (and perhaps caused) the fall of the Roman empire.
Who was the emperor who asked Christians to pray for his healing?
Galerius. He contracted a disease in 310 A.D. that he attributed to the Christian God's retribution. For that reason as he laid dying he issued an edict ending the persecution of the Christians and asked for Christians to pray for his recovery. Though he still died anyhow.
