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  • The Christian message as taught by Jesus and the Apostles was both inclusive and exclusive. It was and is available to all but it excluded all other philosophical or religious ways. The Roman religion with its many deities was an institution of the state. As Christians refused to participate in any pagan rites and rituals they came into conflict with the state and were seen as disloyal.
  • The withdrawal of Christians from polytheism caused them to be called "Atheists". The early Christian worship did not require temples, statues, priests or sacrifices. Its simplicity fueled this charge.
  • Many who gained financially through the Roman polytheism stood to lose through the progress of Christianity. Priests, diviners, image makers, and diviners all gained a living from so many gods and sought to spread slanderous rumors. Christians were blamed for all manner of calamities, wars, storms and diseases which were said to be a demonstration of the anger of the gods.
  • The ways of God are naturally offensive to non-Christians. "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God." (1 Corinthians 2:14). The majority of the Romans, particularly the rulers, were certainly not Christians at this time.

Source: Miller's Church History, Andrew Miller, Bible Truth, Illinois, 1980. p 152 -154

The cruel treatment inflicted on the Christians was not inflicted upon the Christians alone. It was typical of the methodology employed in those days by a supposedly civilized soceity against all who it deemed worthy of such treatment. It is interesting to note that the cruellest of deaths, crucifixion, was forbidden to be performed upon Roman citizens - Christians evidently regarded as being disloyal to the state certainly were at times despatched in this cruel manner.

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